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 Nov 7, 2:30 AM PST, 3 hours earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 230 AM PST THU NOV 7 2002 CONCERN IS WITH A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY ALONG WITH POTENTIALLY BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS. MID LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA AND REMAIN STATIONARY FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND SPIN SEVERAL DISTURBANCES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE FIRST WILL BE TODAY AND ANOTHER TONIGHT WHICH MAY BE STRONGER THANKS TO AN UPPER LEVEL JET AND I WILL INCREASE RAIN CHANCES ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. A WEAK COOL FRONT MOVES ACROSS OREGON FRIDAY AND TURN ALL OF THE AREAS WINDS TO THE WEST-SOUTHWEST AND MAY INCREASE INTO THE BREEZY TO WINDY CATEGORY. SNOW LEVELS LOWER SOME BUT IT APPEARS ONLY THE HIGHER AREA MOUNTAINS MAY SEE SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION MAINLY ABOVE 6000 FEET. BY SATURDAY REMINANTS FROM EXTROPICAL HUKO WILL PLOW INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND BRING ADDITIONAL MOISTURE TO THE AREA. THEREFORE I HAVE INCREASED PRECIP CHANCES AND 850MBS/TEMPS FALL TO AROUND 2-3 CELSIUS INDICATING THAT SNOW LEVELS WILL BE LOWERING TO POSSIBLY UNDER 6000 FEET. EXTENDED...MODELS THROUGH TUESDAY ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT...GIVING HIGH CONFIDENCE IN DAYS 4 THROUGH 6. ON SUNDAY A VIGOROUS WAVE...WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. BEHIND THIS WAVE...HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL RIDGE NORTHWARD BRINGING IN SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR. THE BREAK WILL BE SHORT-LIVED HOWEVER. ANOTHER VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE MOVES INTO THE PAC NW ON TUESDAY BRINGING INCREASED MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS TO SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN OREGON. CONFIDENCE THEN DECREASES...ON WEDNESDAY THE GFS ATTEMPTS TO BUILD THE PACIFIC RIDGE NORTHWARD AGAIN AND THE ECMWF KEEPS THE FLOW MORE ZONAL WITH ANOTHER WAVE ENTERING THE PAC NW. THEREFORE...ONLY A FEW CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED TO INCREASE THE PRECIP CHANCES ON TUESDAY. JR PDT 576 ALW 576 PSC 465 YKM 565 .KPDT...NONE.
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-072300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 500 AM PST THU NOV 7 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON .DAY ONE... TODAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS RESULTING FROM SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL OREGON. THIS INCLUDES UNION AND DESCHUTES COUNTIES WHERE GUSTS MAY APPROACH 45 MPH. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. SEVERAL INTENSE WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE WEEKEND. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL ACCOMPANY THE DISTURBANCES AND PERIODS OF RAIN ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. COOLER AIR WILL ARRIVE SATURDAY MORNING AND ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...MAINLY ABOVE 6000 FEET...MAY EXPERIENCE SOME SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER THE WALLOWA MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR AT TIMES ACROSS THE AREA.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds blew down several trees and power lines, blocking highway 395 south of John Day. Spotter reports indicated sustained wind speeds near 40 MPH with gusts to 53 MPH. A cottonwood tree fell on the roof of a Ford Taurus.
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, November 2002
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