1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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 Feb 7, 2:30 PM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
230 PM PST THU FEB 7 2002
A STRONG POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING THE SW OREGON COAST
HAS SPREAD MOISTURE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA.
THE STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN UNDERFORECASTED BY THE
MODELS...ESPECIALLY THE AVN. THIS INCREASES CONFIDENCE THAT THE
EASTERN MOUNTAINS WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT SNOW. THE LOW IS DRAWING
COOLER AIR TO PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL OREGON WHERE MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED BY SPOTTERS. A SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL
INCREASE SNOW LEVELS TO 3500-4000 FEET THIS EVENING. ONCE THE LOW
MOVES INTO EASTERN OREGON...STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL CAUSE
SNOW LEVELS TO LOWER DOWN TO NEAR 2000 FEET. WINTER STORM WARNINGS
AND SNOW ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR MANY ZONES IN EASTERN
OREGON AND SE WASHINGTON (SEE BELOW FOR HEADLINES). THE NORTHERN
PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL SEE LESSER AMOUNTS OF
PRECIPITATION. ANOTHER CONCERN WILL BE WINDS TONIGHT. PRESSURE
GRADIENTS WILL STRENGTHEN CONSIDERABLY AFTER THE COLD FRONTAL
PASSAGE. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN...NORTH CENTRAL OREGON...AND THE
BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS WILL ALSO SEE WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT.
PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF AND WINDS WILL DECREASE BY NOON
FRIDAY. A TRANSITORY RIDGE WILL BRING TEMPORARY DRYING FRIDAY NIGHT
AND SATURDAY. SMITH
DAYS 3-7...THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL BEGIN MOVING ONSHORE TO OUR NORTH
SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY. WITH THIS...OUR WASHINGTON CASCADES ZONE
WILL SEE A CHANCE OF MAINLY SNOW...THE REST OF US SHOULD JUST HAVE
THE ASSOCIATED CLOUD SHIELD TO DEAL WITH. THE COLD FRONT ATTACHED
TO THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY FOR A
CHANCE OF RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW. A WEAK...UNORGANIZED DISTURBANCE
WILL TRACK THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH LITTLE MOISTURE OR ENERGY...PRECIP
SHOULD REMAIN CONFINED TO LOCATIONS WITH ADDED UPSLOPE ENERGY...
NAMELY THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. A SHORT LIVED RIDGE WILL DRY THINGS
OUT ON WEDNESDAY WITH ANOTHER SYSTEM PROGGED ON THURSDAY FOR ANOTHER
ROUND OF UNSETTLED WEATHER. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEASONAL THROUGH
THE PERIOD WITH THE COOLEST READING EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. MJB.
PDT +300 ALW +300 PSC 6100 YKM 3100
.KPDT...WSR-88D...VCP21/CSR21...OPERATIONAL.
.KPDT...WINTER STORM WARNINGS BLUE MOUNTAINS AND WALLOWA COUNTY
(OR ZONES 46-50 AND WA ZONE 30) FOR TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...
SNOW ADVISORY FOR OCHOCO/JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS AND GRANDE RONDE
VALLEY (OR ZONES 48-49) FOR TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...
SNOW ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL OREGON (ZONE 42) FOR TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A gust of 60 mph was reported in Winlock. Strong winds blew a roof of a home and downed trees caused many power outages.
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
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: 5282329.