High Wind in Washington, April 22, 2002

Name: High Wind in Washington, April 22, 2002
Start: 2002-04-22T16:00
End: 2002-04-22T19:00
Location: Washington

April 22, 2002 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

High wind knocked down a fence onto a parked vehicle in South Cle Elum, causing damage to both.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS PDT wrote it up.

High wind knocked down a fence onto a parked vehicle in South Cle Elum, causing damage to both.

What forecasters said that day

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 Apr 22, 1:30 PM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 1:30 PM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
230 PM PDT MON APR 22 2002

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING AS THE
SURFACE GRADIENT TIGHTENS WITH THE APPROACH OF A COLD FRONT.
LIMITED MOISTURE AND ASSOCIATED ENERGY WILL TRACK TO OUR NORTH.
THEREFORE...OTHER THAN A FEW SPRINKLES NEAR THE WASHINGTON CASCADES
CREST...NO PRECIP IS EXPECTED WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.  WINDS WILL
STAY BREEZY INTO TUESDAY...SLOWLY DIMINISHING LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING.
BEHIND THE FRONT...TEMPERATRUES WILL COOL SLIGHTLY THEN HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD IN FOR CONTINUED DRY CONDTIONS THROUGH MID WEEK.  MJB.

DAYS 3-7...A RIDGE WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER THROUGH FRIDAY. A WEAK
TROUGH WILL PASS TO THE NORTH THURSDAY...BUT IT WILL ONLY INCREASE
THE CLOUDS SLIGHTLY OVER THE AREA. SATURDAY A TROUGH WILL MOVE FROM
THE GULF OF ALASKA OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THIS TROUGH WILL
PROVIDE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR LATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THERE IS
SIGNIFICANT DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MODELS AND NO RUN TO RUN
CONSISTENCY FOR SATURDAY SO CONFIDENCE IS LOW IN THE FORECAST.
SUNDAY THERE IS MORE AGREEMENT BETWEEN MODELS EVEN THOUGH THE MODELS
GOT TO THE TROUGH SOLUTION IN DIFFERENT WAYS. MONDAY THE RIDGE WILL
BUILD OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL RETURN.
COONFIELD

PDT 0000  ALW 0000  PSC 0000  YKM 0000

.KPDT...VCP21/CSR21...OPERATIONAL.

.KPDT...NONE.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, East Slopes Southern Cascades

When: April 22, 4:00 PM PST to 7:00 PM PST
Where: East Slopes Southern Cascades forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Washington in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Washington, April 2002

Sources

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: 5292759.