1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 13, 8:30 PM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
830 PM PST THU DEC 13 2001
COLD FRONT WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS MOVING FASTER THAN EXPECTED
AND IS ALREADY CROSSING THE WASHINGTON CASCADES AT THIS TIME AS
SHOWN ON SATELLITE IMAGERY LOOP. WINDS HAVE INCREASED IN THE YAKIMA
VALLEY ADJACENT TO THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADE EAST SLOPES AND
THERE WAS A SPOTTER REPORT OF SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 55 MPH IN THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN. HAVE ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING TO ALSO INCLUDE THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON AND
WASHINGTON. AT THE CURRENT SPEED OF THE COLD FRONT MOVEMENT EXPECT
IT TO CROSS OVER INTO THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN AROUND 06Z AND
THROUGH THE BLUE MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 08Z AND 10Z. NEW 00Z HAS THE
FRONT THROUGH THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA BY 12Z. EXPECT STRONGEST
WINDS TO OCCUR WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE THIS EVENING. WILL
NEED TO UPDATE THE CURRENT HIGH WIND WARNINGS FOR THE BLUE MOUNTAIN
FOOTHILLS TO EXTEND IT THROUGH 12Z. WINDS HAVE DECREASED
SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE GRAND RONDE VALLEY. ALSO...AS THE COLD FRONT
MOVES THROUGH THAT AREA THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL SHIFT TO
WESTERLY...CAUSING THE WINDS TO ALSO SHIFT TO A WEST TO NORTHWEST
DIRECTION INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT SOUTHEAST. THIS TYPE OF SCENARIO
IS NOT FAVORABLE FOR HIGH WINDS IN THAT AREA AND WILL THEREFORE
CANCEL THE CURRENT HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY.
THE CURRENT WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS
LOOKS GOOD. THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT WITH RAPIDLY FALLING SNOW LEVELS AND AN UP SLOPE LOW
LEVEL FLOW. THIS WILL KEEP SNOW SHOWERS GOING THROUGH MOST OF THE
DAY FRIDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL OREGON
MOUNTAINS/COLUMBIA-DESCHUTES PLATEAU ALSO LOOKS GOOD AT THIS TIME
AND WILL LEAVE IN PLACE. A BRIEF DRYING TREND WILL TAKE PLACE
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY WITH THE FORECAST AREA IN BETWEEN
WEATHER SYSTEMS. THEN THE WARM FRONT WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL
ARRIVE SATURDAY NIGHT WITH WARM ADVECTION OVER-RUNNING PRECIPITATION
BEGINNING LATE SATURDAY. WILL MAKE SOME CHANGES TO CURRENT FORECAST
TO ADJUST SNOW AMOUNTS AND WINDS TO MATCH THE WARNINGS AND
ADVISORIES. RSC.
PDT 9635 ALW 9635 PSC 9435 YKM 9225
.KPDT...WSR-88D...VCP21/CSR21...OPERATIONAL.
.KPDT...HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH 4AM FOR ORZ44...ORZ045 AND WAZ028
AND WAZ029.
...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR ORZ049 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
...WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR ORZ046
AND WAZ030.
...SNOW ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR ORZ048.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OREGON
826 PM PST THU DEC 13 2001
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0755 PM 4 ENE BENTON CITY WA NON TSTM WINDS
12/13/01 BENTON WIND MEASURED BY HAND
HELD ANEMOMETER WAS 45
MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER BENTON 8.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Sustained winds estimated at over 40 mph blew for several hours north of Ladd Canyon overnight..
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, December 2001
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: 5273533.