1 high wind, 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 Jan 24, 2:30 PM PST, 30 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
230 PM PST THU JAN 24 2002
CORRECTED WARNING/ADVISORY LIST
WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW
OVER THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY WEST FACING SLOPES...AS STRONG ZONAL
FLOW CONTINUES AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. IN FACT...ENOUGH SNOW WILL
FALL IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND OCHOCO-JOHN
DAY HIGHLANDS THAT A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LOCATIONS
ABOVE 4000 FEET. THE STRONG ZONAL FLOW WILL KEEP A RAIN SHADOW OVER
THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH ONLY AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW
EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. HOWEVER...COLD AIR TRAPPED IN THE GRANDE
RONDE VALLEY WILL ALLOW FOR 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION
TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE THE SNOW TURNS TO RAIN. A
FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
BEHIND THE FRONT...PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME SHOWERY WITH LITTLE
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A TIGHT SOUTH TO
NORTH PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY.
THIS WILL PROVIDE BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE
FORECAST AREA...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY. BY THE
WEEKEND...A COLD UPPER TROUGH WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION PROVIDING
A CHANCE OF SNOW EACH DAY. EARLE
.EXTENDED...COLD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE
PAC NW TO BEGIN THE EXTENDED. A COUPLE OF SYSTEMS WILL DROP INTO THE
TROUGH KEEPING CONDITIONS COLD AND UNSETTLED. THEN...A RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST STARTING TUESDAY FOR DRY CONDITIONS
WED AND THURS. SOLOMON
PDT 4463 ALW 4463 PSC 3343 YKM 2223
.KPDT...WSR-88D...VCP32/CSR21...OPERATIONAL.
.KPDT...SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 4000 FEET OREGON ZONES 46...48 AND
WASHINGTON ZONE 30.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds caused a tractor trailer to overturn on Highway 240 west of Richland. The driver only reported minor injuries.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Washington in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, January 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: 5277486.