Washington, 2002High 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.
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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- 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.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.
- 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.
- Flood in Minnesota, June 9 to 30, 2002$39 million · 1 event
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 9 to 30, 20022 injured · $6.0 million · 1 event
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 9, 2002$310,000 · F1 · 50 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 9, 2002$3.5 million · 1.75 in hail · 11 events
- High Wind in Oregon, June 9, 2002$162,000 · 1 event
- Flooding in Minnesota, June 9 to 30, 2002$100,000 · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 9, 2002$85,000 · 1.75 in hail · 5 events
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, June 9, 2002$80,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in New Mexico, June 9, 2002$25,000 · 62 kt wind · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Dakota, June 9, 20021.75 in hail · 12 events
- Wildfire in California, June 9 to 10, 2002$15,000 · 1 event
- Drought in Colorado, June 9 to 30, 20023 events
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.