Washington, 2001High Wind in Washington, May 19, 2001
May 19, 2001 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- 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 May 19, 7:35 AM PST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 7:35 AM PST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
835 AM PDT SAT MAY 19 2001...CORRECTED
AVN AND ETA MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT REGARDING POSITIONING AND
MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER LEVEL OFFSHORE RIDGE AND THE TROUGH OVER THE
ROCKIES. WILL CONTINUE USING THE AVN WHICH HAS BEEN THE MODEL OF
CHOICE OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS. UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS OVER OUR
AREA...ASSOCIATED WITH A MINOR DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN
BRITISH COLUMBIA...WILL DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THAT SYSTEM
CONTINUES MOVING EAST. DRY STABLE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL DOMINATE
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST IN THE SHORT TERM AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
CONTINUES TO BUILD. THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT...SUPPORTED BY
INCREASING WINDS IN THE UPPER LEVELS...HAS TIGHTENED ALONG THE
EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES AND WILL CONTINUE
TO TIGHTEN THIS AFTERNOON ELSEWHERE RESULTING IN BREEZY TO LOCALLY
WINDY CONDITIONS...MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF OUR COUNTY
WARNING AREA. WILL MONITOR THE SITUATION FOR AREAS OF BLOWING DUST
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. THE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO SLACKEN LATE
TONIGHT WITH RESULTANT DECREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT. NO CHANGES ARE
EXPECTED IN EITHER THE EXTENDED OR ZONE FORECASTS AT THIS TIME.
FARMER
PDT 000 ALW 000 PSC 000 YKM 000
.KPDT...WSR-88D...VCP32/CSR21...OPERATIONAL.
.KPDT...NONE.
High Wind, Kittitas Valley
- When
- May 19, 10:55 AM PST to 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- Kittitas Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 46.791, -120.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High pressure building west of the Washington Cascades, combined with a cold front moving through the Columbia basin, brought high winds to the Kittitas Valley. The ASOS at the airport in Ellensburg measured sustained winds of over 40 mph for a couple of hours beginning around noon. At 12:15 pm, a large tent at the Ellensburg National Art Show and Auction was damaged, prompting a hasty evacuation. Shortly before 1 pm, wind gusts estimated between 50 and 60 mph toppled a tree onto some power lines along Kittitas Road just east of Ellensburg.
- 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.
- Lightning Strikes in Georgia, May 19, 20018 injured · $575,000 · 4 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, May 19 to 20, 2001$80,000 · 1.75 in hail · 15 events
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Oklahoma, May 19, 2001$71,000 · F0 · 17 events
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Texas, May 19, 2001$50,000 · 2.75 in hail · 11 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 19 to 22, 2001$29,000 · 1.75 in hail · 15 events
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 19, 2001$50,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- High Wind in Montana, May 19, 20014 injured · $7,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Texas, May 19, 2001$40,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flood in Alabama, May 19 to 20, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 19, 2001$15,000 · F0 · 9 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 19 to 20, 20011.5 in hail · 9 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, May 19, 2001F0 · 5 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: 5243254.