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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at Oct 9, 2025, 2:26 PM PDT for Gilliam County, Sherman County, Wasco County, Oregon; Klickitat County, Yakima County, Washington. It took effect at Oct 11, 2025, 11:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 9, 2025, 2:26 PM PDT (21:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 11, 2025, 11:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 12, 2025, 1:23 AM PDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pendleton, OR
Counties Gilliam County, OR, Sherman County, OR, Wasco County, OR, Klickitat County, WA, Yakima County, WA
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Salem/Mcnary, OR (KSLE), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 196 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 894 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
321 WWUS76 KPDT 092126 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pendleton OR 226 PM PDT Thu Oct 9 2025 ORZ041-WAZ024-521-110000- /O.NEW.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.251012T0600Z-251012T1200Z/ Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon-Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Washington-Simcoe Highlands- Including the cities of The Dalles, Bickleton, Arlington, White Salmon, and Goldendale 226 PM PDT Thu Oct 9 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM SATURDAY TO 5 AM PDT SUNDAY THE GORGE AND SIMCOE HIGHLANDS... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 to 50 mph expected The Gorge and Simcoe Highlands. * WHERE...Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington, and Simcoe Highlands. * WHEN...From 11 PM Saturday to 5 AM PDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ MF
4 follow-up statements
898 WWUS76 KPDT 102032 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pendleton OR 132 PM PDT Fri Oct 10 2025 ORZ041-WAZ024-521-110445- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.251012T0600Z-251012T1200Z/ Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon-Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Washington-Simcoe Highlands- Including the cities of The Dalles, Arlington, White Salmon, Goldendale, and Bickleton 132 PM PDT Fri Oct 10 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM SATURDAY TO 5 AM PDT SUNDAY THE GORGE AND SIMCOE HIGHLANDS... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected The Gorge and Simcoe Highlands. * WHERE...Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington, and Simcoe Highlands. * WHEN...From 11 PM Saturday to 5 AM PDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ MR
684 WWUS76 KPDT 110318 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pendleton OR 818 PM PDT Fri Oct 10 2025 ORZ041-WAZ024-521-112215- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.251012T0600Z-251012T1200Z/ Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon-Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Washington-Simcoe Highlands- Including the cities of Goldendale, Arlington, The Dalles, White Salmon, and Bickleton 818 PM PDT Fri Oct 10 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM SATURDAY TO 5 AM PDT SUNDAY THE GORGE AND SIMCOE HIGHLANDS... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected The Gorge and Simcoe Highlands. * WHERE...Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington, and Simcoe Highlands. * WHEN...From 11 PM Saturday to 5 AM PDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ BL
467 WWUS76 KPDT 112038 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pendleton OR 138 PM PDT Sat Oct 11 2025 ORZ041-WAZ024-521-120500- /O.CON.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.251012T0600Z-251012T1200Z/ Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon-Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Washington-Simcoe Highlands- Including the cities of Arlington, Bickleton, Goldendale, White Salmon, and The Dalles 138 PM PDT Sat Oct 11 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT SUNDAY THE GORGE AND SIMCOE HIGHLANDS... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected The Gorge and Simcoe Highlands. * WHERE...Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington, and Simcoe Highlands. * WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 5 AM PDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ LN
524 WWUS76 KPDT 120823 NPWPDT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pendleton OR 123 AM PDT Sun Oct 12 2025 ORZ041-WAZ024-521-120930- /O.CAN.KPDT.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-251012T1200Z/ Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon-Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Washington-Simcoe Highlands- Including the cities of The Dalles, Bickleton, Arlington, White Salmon, and Goldendale 123 AM PDT Sun Oct 12 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Winds are below advisory criteria and are expected to decrease throughout the night, therefore the Wind Advisory has been cancelled. $$ WAZ026-131200- /O.NEW.KPDT.FZ.A.0003.251014T0600Z-251014T1600Z/ Kittitas Valley- Including the cities of Thorp and Ellensburg 123 AM PDT Sun Oct 12 2025 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 possible. * WHERE...Kittitas Valley. * WHEN...From Monday evening through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. && $$ CE
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.