1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Feb 26, 2:00 AM PST, 6 hours earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 200 AM PST TUE FEB 26 2002 A WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH AN UPPER RIDGE TODAY AND WILL CAUSE IT TO WEAKEN. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL SPLIT AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS MORNING. THE SOUTHERN BRANCH WILL HEAD SOUTH INTO CALIFORNIA WHILE THE NORTHERN BRANCH MOVES THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT...WITH VERY LITTLE MOISTURE...WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. WILL INCLUDE ONLY 10 TO 20 PERCENT PRECIP CHANCES IN THE FORECAST TODAY...EXCEPT FOR THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS WHICH WILL HAVE A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW TODAY DUE TO AN UPSLOPE LOW LEVEL FLOW. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL STRENGTHEN AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH DRY AND COLD AIR MOVING RIGHT BACK INTO THE FORECAST AREA. A MESO-SCALE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AREA WILL FORM DUE TO THE COLD AND DENSE AIRMASS OVER THE COLUMBIA BASIN LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL KEEP A COLD NORTHEASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL THEN TURN TO THE SOUTHEAST AS THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES SOUTHEAST INTO IDAHO ON WEDNESDAY. THIS SE FLOW WILL CAUSE THE TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY TO MODERATE A FEW DEGREES WARMER OVER THAT OF TODAY. ANOTHER WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE UPPER RIDGE LATE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WILL CLIP THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL ONCE AGAIN WEAKEN THE UPPER RIDGE...AND BRING ANOTHER SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIP...MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST MOST ZONES WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN THURSDAY AS THE NORTHERLY UPPER FLOW BECOMES STRONGER. RSC. EXTENDED...HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD FOR GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS AND A SLOW WARMING TREND. HOWEVER...BY DAY 7...THE PLACEMENT OF THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS BECOMES QUITE DIFFERENT SO CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON THE DATA THAT FAR OUT. FOR NOW...WILL JUST LEAVE A CHANCE FOR PRECIP IN ON MONDAY FOR A DISTURBANCE MOVING DOWN IN THE NORTHWESTERLY OF THE RIDGE. MJB. PDT 200 ALW 200 PSC 100 YKM 100 .KPDT...WSR-88D...VCP32/CSR21...OPERATIONAL. .KPDT...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A gust of 60 mph was reported north of Ladd Canyon by an automated wind sensor.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, February 2002
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