Oregon, 2001High Wind in Oregon, March 13, 2001
March 13, 2001 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 forecasters said that day
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 Mar 13, 2:30 PM PST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 2:30 PM PST, 0 minutes before
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
230 PM PST TUE MAR 13 2001
UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE OVER NORTHERN WA THIS EVENING THEN EXIT
INTO MONTANA BY MORNING. SOME INSTABILITY SHOWERS EXPECTED OVER
NORTHERN FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING BUT BEST INSTABILITY REMAINS
OVER NORTHERN WA. CANT RULE OUT A POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN
ZONES THROUGH THE EVENING EITHER. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD IN
THE EASTERN PACIFIC WEDNESDAY LEAVING A DRY NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
OVER REGION WEDNESDAY AND MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. RIDGE WILL TRANSITIONS
TO THE EAST BY THURSDAY ALLOWING THE NEXT SYSTEM UPSTREAM TO SLIDE
INTO THE PAC NW. SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE IT WILL COULD COME IN AS A
NEGATIVE TILTED TROUGH SO SW ZONES WILL MAY HAVE BEST CHANCE OF
PRECIP BUT ALL ZONES EXPECTED TO RECEIVE SOME PRECIP BY LATER IN THE
DAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN PRETTY HIGH UNTIL THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN
COOLER AIR ALOFT ARRIVES.
WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY ACROSS WASHINGTON
AND EXTREME NORTHERN OREGON WITH HIGH WIND CRITERIA REACHED IN THE
HANFORD AREA. WILL CONTINUE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THESE LOCATION BUT
CANCEL THE WARNING IN CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL OREGON IN AFTERNOON
PACKAGE. WINDS EXPECTED TO REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS
WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE OVERNIGHT AS 100-110KT JET WILL PASS OVER
THE PAC NW. SOLOMON
EXTENDED...A SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CWA EARLY FRIDAY...
PROVIDING A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION FOR ALL AREAS EXCEPT EAST SLOPES
OF THE OREGON CASCADES. THEN A WEAK RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA
WITH WEAK IMPULSES MOVING THROUGH IT SATURDAY-MONDAY. ON SUNDAY AND
MONDAY THERE IS LIMITED MOISTURE AND WEAK LIFT SO THAT THE
PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIMITED TO AREAS IN THE VICINITY OF
MOUNTAINS...WHERE OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS ENHANCE THE LIFT. ON TUESDAY
THE RIDGE STRENGTHENS AND THE ATMOSPHERE DRYS OUT OVER THE CWA.
PDT 200 ALW 200 PSC 100 YKM 100
.KPDT...WSR-88D...VCP32/CSR21...OPERATIONAL.
.KPDT...HIGH WIND WARNING AND BLOWING DUST ADVISORY THROUGH THIS
EVENING KITTITAS AND YAKIMA VALLEYS...THE LOWER COLUMBIA
BASIN...THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS...
...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL AND
NORTH CENTRAL OREGON...In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 13, 2:15 PM PST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OREGON
215 PM PST TUE MAR 13 2001
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0100 PM 10 N RICHLAND WA NON TSTM WINDS
03/13/01 BENTON SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40
MPH. REPORTED BY
HANFORD MESONET.
0100 PM 14 SW HANFORD WA NON TSTM WINDS
03/13/01 BENTON SUSTAINED WINDS OF 43
MPH. REPORTED BY
HANFORD MESONET.
0100 PM 6 NW HANFORD WA NON TSTM WINDS
03/13/01 BENTON SUSTAINED WINDS OF 44
MPH. REPORTED BY
HANFORD MESONET.
0115 PM 10 SW HANFORD WA NON TSTM WINDS
03/13/01 BENTON SUSTAINED WINDS OF 42
MPH. REPORTED BY
HANFORD MESONET.
0115 PM 16 SW HANFORD WA NON TSTM WINDS
03/13/01 BENTON SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40
MPH. REPORTED BY
HANFORD MESONET.
0115 PM 14 SW HANFORD WA NON TSTM WINDS
03/13/01 BENTON SUSTAINED WINDS OF 46
MPH. REPORTED BY
HANFORD MESONET.
0115 PM 8 N RICHLAND WA NON TSTM WINDS
03/13/01 BENTON SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40
MPH. REPORTED BY
HANFORD MESONET.
0130 PM 10 SW HANFORD WA NON TSTM WINDS
03/13/01 BENTON SUSTAINED WINDS OF 46
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 61
MPH. REPORTED BY
HANFORD MESONET.High Wind, North Central Oregon
- When
- March 13, 2:30 PM PST to 3:50 PM PST
- Where
- North Central Oregon forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High winds toppled an old barn in the Tygh Valley, which is located east of Mt. Hood, during the afternoon. Several RAWS sites measured wind gusts at or above 60 mph. These include Patgens (elevation 2350 ft ), which measured a gust of 60 mph at 250 pm PST, and North Pole Ridge (elevation 3480 ft ) which recorded a gust of 68 mph at 3:30 pm.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, March 13, 20016 injured · $5.0 million · F1 · 3 events
- Tornado in Florida, March 13, 2001$80,000 · F2 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, March 13, 2001$208,000 · 62 kt wind · 19 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, March 13, 20011 injured · $125,000 · 56 kt wind · 11 events
- High Wind in Washington, March 13, 20012 injured · $80,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Maryland, March 13, 2001$61,000 · 57 kt wind · 15 events
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, March 13, 2001$44,000 · 72 kt wind · 7 events
- Winter Weather in New York, March 13, 2001$40,000 · 8 events
- High Wind in Washington, March 13, 20011 injured · $32,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 events
- High Wind in Washington, March 13, 2001$50,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event
- Winter Weather in Vermont, March 13, 2001$35,000 · 7 events
- High Wind in West Virginia, March 13, 2001$3,000 · 30 events
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: 5236271.