1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jul 8, 7:47 PM PST, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 847 PM PDT MON JUL 8 2002 AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS STARTING TO NOSE INTO THE NORTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES. GRADIENTS ARE STILL RELATIVELY TIGHT ALONG THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON CASCADE EAST SLOPES...BUT GRADIENTS ARE LOOSENING ELSEWHERE. THUS THE BREEZY EARLY EVENING WINDS ACROSS THE AREA ARE LAYING DOWN. WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE KITTITAS VALLEY...UPDATED FOR EARLIER...ARE ALSO DROPPING OFF...BUT WINDS THERE ARE STILL LOW END BREEZY AT THE MOMENT. OTHERWISE THE AFTERNOON CUMULUS CLOUDS HAVE ALL DISSIPATED AND SKIES ARE CLEAR. ONLY OTHER UPDATES TONIGHT WILL BE TO TWEAK WINDS IN A HANDFUL OF ZONES. GKH PDT 000 ALW 000 PSC 000 YKM 000 KPDT...VCP32/CSR21...OPERATIONAL. .KPDT...NONE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Eyerly Fire, sparked by lightning, consumed 23,573 acres and destroyed several structures, including 18 homes, 13 out buildings, three travel trailers, and two cars. In addition, one home and five buildings were damaged.
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
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: 5307255.