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 13, 1:29 AM PST, 31 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
229 AM PDT SAT JUL 13 2002
CONCERN WILL BE WITH HOT TEMPERATURES AND RAIN CHANCES TODAY AND
TONIGHT ALONG WITH THE TIMING OF THE COOL FRONT.
AT THE MOMENT...-SHOWERS WERE PERSISTING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA. A 5H/MBS VORT MAX OVER THE WESTERN OREGON WAS HELPING
TO PRODUCE THIS ACTIVITY. PREVIOUS MODELS APPEARED TO HAVE THE
MONSOONAL MOISTURE PLUME WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA WHERE NOW...IT IS
OVER OUR AREA. STRONG 5H/MBS HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN IDAHO WILL
DRIFT SE INTO UTAH TODAY WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW MOISTURE TO
RAP AROUND THE HIGH AND INTO OUR AREA. 7H/MBS TEMPERATURES FALL
SEVERAL DEGREES AND WITH THE COMBINATION OF MOISTURE...COOLER
7H/MBS TEMPERATURES...AND HOT SURFACE TEMPERATURES OF AROUND
100...AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS SHUD DEVELOP. WITH THE ADDITIONAL
CLOUD COVER...DIFFICULTY WILL BE WITH FORECASTING AFTERNOON HIGH
TEMPS TODAY. THE AVN KEEPS TODAYS HIGHS IN THE BASIN IN THE LOW
100S. THE NGM HAS TEMPS FALLING INTO THE MID 90S. MODEL ANALYSIS
INDICATED THAT THE NGM WAS TOO COOL BUT I DO EXPECT AFTERNOON HIGHS
TO BE LOWER OVER THE WESTERN FORECAST AREA FROM PREVIOUS DAYS.
FOR TONIGHT AN UPPER LEVEL JET MOVES OVER THE COUNTY WARNING AREA
AND SHOWER ACTIVITY MAY PERSIST ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST
AREA.
THE 5H/MBS HIGH CREEPS FURTHER EAST SUNDAY WHICH SHUD ALLOW A COOL
FRONT OVER THE PACIFIC TO PUSH THROUGH NORTHEAST OREGON AND
SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON SUNDAY MORNING. 850/MBS TMPS COOL ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA AS MUCH AS 7-10C. THE MUCH COOLER AIR WILL ADVECT INTO
THE COUNTY WARNING AREA SUNDAY AND AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL NOT BE SO
HOT RISING INTO THE UPPER 80S AND LOW 90S. MID LEVEL MOISTURE
LINGERS OVER THE SOUTHEAST FORECAST AREA...PARTICULARLY THE BLUE
MOUNTAINS...WHERE A FEW SHRA MAY OCCUR. OTHERWISE MUCH DRIER AIR
WILL FILTER INTO THE REMAINDER OF OUR REGION.
850/TMPS INCREASE A DEGREE OR TWO CELSIUS AND AFTERNOON HIGHS SHUD
INCREASE SEVERAL DEGREES MONDAY. STILL LINGERING 7H/MBS MOISTURE MAY
COMBINE WITH A 5H/VORT MAX TO PRODUCE A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH THE BEST CHANCES BEING IN THE MOUNTAINS
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
EXTENDED...HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION
WITH A TROUGH OFF THE WEST COAST. THIS PLACES FORECAST AREA UNDER
A SOUTHWEST FLOW WITH MAIN PLUME OF MOISTURE TO THE EAST OVER IDAHO.
ALTHOUGH SOME OF THIS MOISTURE COULD MOVE OVER THE BORDER INTO
OREGON AT ANYTIME ITS ONLY A SMALL POSSIBILITY AT THIS TIME. THUS
PREFER TO KEEP A DRY FORECAST THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD AND WAIT
TO SEE IF NEXT RUNS SHOW BETTER INDICATION OF MOISTURE OR TIMING
PARAMETERS. SOLOMON
PDT 231 ALW 231 PSC 231 YKM 121
KPDT...VCP21/CSR21...OPERATIONAL.
.KPDT...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL OREGON AND NORTHEAST
OREGON MOUNTAINS FOR DRY LIGHTNING THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Crosby Road Fire, sparked by lightning, consumed 2,000 acres and one structure.
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, 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: 5307327.