1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jun 10, 1:30 PM PST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 230 PM PDT MON JUN 10 2002 THROUGH WEDNESDAY...SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON DEVELOPING OVER MAINLY NORTHWEST PORTION OF FORECAST AREA IN BEST HEATING AND CONVERGENCE OF DISSIPATING SOUTHEASTWARD MOVING PACIFIC SHORTWAVE AND WESTWARD MOVING WAVE ROTATING AROUND UPPER LOW IN MONTANA. EXPECT CONVECTION TO INCREASE DURING REST OF THIS AFTERNOONS HEATING INTO THIS EVENING. UPPER LOW IN MONTANA MOVING VERY SLOW EAST WITH NO PUSH FROM THE WST. SO EXPECT SOME LINGERING MOISTURE INSTABILITY OVER NORTHEAST OREGON...SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON ON TUESDAY. WILL LEAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS ON WEDNESDAY DUE TO SLOW MOVEMENT OF UPPER LOW AND LINGERING MOISTURE. WITH MORE SUNSHINE...EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO REBOUND RAPIDLY TO ABOVE NORMAL BY WEDNESDAY...THOUGH WARMUP WILL BE TEMPERED A BIT BY WET GROUND IN SOME AREAS. HULL THE WARMUP WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD IN. A WEAK WAVE MAY MOVE OVER THE AREA ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON... BUT HAVE NOT MENTIONED IT IN FORECAST DUE TO LACK OF MOISTURE AT LOWER LEVELS. WE MAY ADD SHOWERS INTO THE FORECAST FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON IF NEXT MODEL RUNS SHOW IT STRONGER AND/OR WETTER. OTHERWISE IT WILL REMAIN DRY AS RIDGE HOLDS OFF NEXT TROUGH THROUGH MONDAY. RIDENOUR PDT 3110 ALW 3110 PSC 3100 YKM 3100 KPDT...VCP21/CSR21...OPERATIONAL. .KPDT...NONE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning knocked out power to 4,000 customers in Yakima. The storms produced hail and flooding on some intersections.
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, June 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: 5300738.