1 thunderstorm 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 Jul 12, 1:30 PM PST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
230 PM PDT FRI JUL 12 2002
LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A LARGE DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE
ENCOMPASSING THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY. A WEAK DISTURBANCE
MOVING NORTHWARD ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE HIGH PRESSURE
AREA IS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON.
TONIGHT...MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
DISTURBANCE ARE CREATING ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE
EASTERN SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. THE
STORMS WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE ATMOSPHERE BRIEFLY
STABILIZES. ON SATURDAY ANOTHER STRONGER...MORE UNSTABLE AND MOIST
DISTURBANCE WILL PASS THROUGH THE EASTERN OREGON AND WASHINGTON AND
CREATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. THE CLOUD COVER WILL PREVENT
SATURDAYS HIGHS FROM RISING ABOVE FRIDAYS LEVELS. HOWEVER...IT WILL
BE HOT. ON SUNDAY...A MARINE PUSH WILL BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND
BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. HENRY
EXTENDED...BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WASHINGTON
CASCADES AND THE GORGE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AS MORE STABLE AIR MOVES
INTO THE AREA. THE UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE EAST OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. WHICH WILL PUT US IN A SOUTHWESTERLY
FLOW. SOME MOISTURE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD WITHIN THIS FLOW ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. IF
ANYTHING IT WILL ONLY AFFECT THE FAR EASTERN MOUNTAINS...BUT THE
TIMING IS NOT RIGHT WITH THE MOISTURE AND MAIN INSTABILITY...SO AT
MOST THERE WILL JUST BE A FEW MORE CLOUDS. JR
PDT 0230 ALW 0230 PSC 0220 YKM 0220
KPDT...VCP32/CSR21...OPERATIONAL.
.KPDT...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL OREGON MOUNTAINS FOR DRY
LIGHTNING FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 235 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:58 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Local high winds snapped some trees, while others were uprooted.
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, July 2002
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