Washington, 2002

High Wind in Washington, June 9, 2002

June 9, 2002 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$500
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 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 Jun 9, 7:30 AM PST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 7:30 AM PST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
830 AM PDT SUN JUN 9 2002

AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM OVER IDAHO/MONTANA WILL CONTINUE TO
WRAP AROUND MOISTURE ACROSS EAST WASHINGTON AND OREGON.  SPOKANE
BALLOON RELEASE SHOWING SOME INSTABILITY THIS MORNING...WHICH IS
ALSO SHOWING UP ON RADAR AS BANDS OF ENHANCED RAINFALL.  SNOW LEVELS
VARY FROM 4500-5500 FEET THIS MORNING AND ARE SLOWLY RISING.
MITTELSTADT

PDT 653   ALW 653   PSC 631   YKM 321

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

.KPDT...A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF
        NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FOR ELEVATIONS
        ABOVE 5000 FEET.

The radar

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Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Benton/Franklin/Walla Walla T Se/E Klickitat

When
June 9, 1:00 PM PST to 3:00 PM PST
Where
Benton/Franklin/Walla Walla T Se/E Klickitat forecast zone
Property damage
$500
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
46.220, -119.419 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High winds caused a tree to fall onto a truck and motor home in West Richland.

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

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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: 5300736.