Drought, C Morrow/Ws & Nc Umatilla/S Gilliam T X Sw
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- C Morrow/Ws & Nc Umatilla/S Gilliam T X Sw forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $23 million
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Drought in Oregon, August 1, 1999
Drought throughout the spring and early summer in the Columbia Basin and the Foothills of the Blue Mountains reduced yields of winter wheat, spring barley and peas. 6 million dollars, according to a local extension agent.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $23 million
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PDT wrote it up.
Drought throughout the spring and early summer in the Columbia Basin and the Foothills of the Blue Mountains reduced yields of winter wheat, spring barley and peas. Yields of only 50 percent of normal of these crops cost the farmers of Umatilla County an estimated 22.6 million dollars, according to a local extension agent.
Event by event
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Sherman T X Nw/C N & X Sw Gilliam/N Morrow/Nw Umatilla
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Sherman T X Nw/C N & X Sw Gilliam/N Morrow/Nw Umatilla forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Heat in Missouri, August 1 to 18, 1999
- Heat in Alabama, August 1 to 2, 1999
- Heat in South Carolina, August 1, 1999
- Heat in South Carolina, August 1 to 2, 1999
- Heat in Texas, August 1, 1999
- Heat in Arkansas, August 1, 1999
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Florida, August 1 to 11, 1999
- Heat and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 1 to 2, 1999
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5713500, 5713501.