1 dust storm, 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 7, 1:30 PM PST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 230 PM PDT FRI JUN 7 2002 UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW. UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH OVER WASHINGTON AND OREGON TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AND CONTINUE SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHWEST IDAHO BY SUNDAY MORNING. A NUMBER OF PIECES OF ENERGY WILL ROTATE THROUGH THE TROUGH OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. FIRST PIECE OF ENERGY TO MOVE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH A FRONTAL PASSAGE AND SHOULD SPREAD SHOWERS FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR TO PUSH SOUTH INTO OREGON TONIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS FALLING TO 3500 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING. AS THE LOW MOVES SLOWLY INTO IDAHO ON SUNDAY...THE FORECAST AREA WILL SEE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WITH POPS RANGING FROM 20 PERCENT ALONG THE EAST SLOPES TO NEAR 100 OVER THE BLUE AND WALLOWA MOUNTAINS. INDICATIONS FROM THE LONG WAVE PATTERN ON THE SATELLITE SHOW THE LOW NEAR 160 WEST DEEPENING...THUS WILL EXPECT THE RIDGE TO BUILD. THIS WILL SLOW THE MOVEMENT OF THE CURRENT LOW AND THUS KEEPING CLOUDS/PRECIPITATION AND COOLER TEMPERATURES OVER THE FORECAST AREA LONGER THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. LOHMANN EXTENDED... SINCE OUR CURRENT LOW IS GOING TO BE SLOWER TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA... THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE AND COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL BE AFFECTING OUR EASTERN ZONES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WITH SOME CLEARING OVER THE WESTERN ZONES. STARTING ON TUESDAY A RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD IN. WITH THE DRY AND WARM WEATHER...THE TEMPERATURES IN THE BASIN COULD WARM TO THE UPPER 90S BY LATE NEXT WEEK. RIDENOUR/PALMER PDT 2344 ALW 2344 PSC 2222 YKM 2220 .KPDT...VCP32/CSR21...OPERATIONAL. .KPDT...NONE.
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-082200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 230 PM PDT FRI JUN 7 2002 ...VERY COOL CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND... AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TONIGHT WITH COLD TEMPERATURES AND SOME RAIN OR SNOW. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE AROUND 3500 FEET TONIGHT...RISING TO 5000 SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS RANGING FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON ABOVE 5000 FEET. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S IN THE BASIN AND LOWER VALLEYS...WITH 40S AND LOWER 50S IN THE MOUNTAINS. THESE FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE ABOUT 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD...WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S IN THE BASIN AND UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S IN THE MOUNTAINS. THESE LOW TEMPERATURES COULD SET MORE NEW RECORDS FOR MANY AREAS. PEOPLE CONSIDERING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS WEEKEND SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR CONTINUED COOL CONDITIONS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Dust storm produced zero visibility near Granger, which resulted in a multi-vehicle accident. There were four injuries and about $5,000 damage to vehicles from the accident.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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