1 high wind, 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 May 2, 1:25 PM PST, 35 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
225 PM PDT THU MAY 2 2002
WINDY ACROSS THE BASIN AND FOOTHILLS IN RESPONSE TO AN APPROACHING
COLD FRONT. HAVE ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING SOUTH OF THE HORSE
HEAVENS DUE TO REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND
EXPECTED TIGHTENING SURFACE GRADIENT THIS EVENING. ADDITIONALLY...
WINDS ARE CAUSING BLOWING DUST WHICH IS REDUCING VISIBILITIES ACROSS
THE AREA AND HAVE ISSUED A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY TO COVER.
OTHERWISE...FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. LITTLE TO NO MOISTURE ATTACHED TO THE FRONT AND NO PRECIP
IS EXPECTED. BEHIND THE FRONT ON FRIDAY...A COOLER AIR MASS WILL
MOVE IN AND PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL SLACKEN SLIGHTLY. WINDS WILL BE
LESS THAN THIS AFTERNOON BUT SHOULD REMAIN BREEZY TO WINDY. FLOW
ALOFT WILL BE NORTHWEST FOR CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS. NEXT SYSTEM
OF CONCERN WILL BE APPROACHING THE AREA LATE SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM
WILL SWITCH UPPER FLOW TO THE WEST AND KEEP WINDS BREEZY/WINDY.
THERE IS MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM AND WILL KEEP A CHANCE
OF PRECIP IN FORECAST FOR WASHINGTON CASCADES NEAR THE CREST. BY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WE WILL BE IN THE WARM SECTOR AHEAD OF THIS
SYSTEM AND 850 TEMPS ARE PROGGED TO WARM 4-6 DEGREES...THIS WILL
TRANSLATE TO A 3 TO 4 DEGREE WARMING AT THE SURFACE FOR AFTERNOON
HIGHS. MJB.
EXTENDED...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT DRIVEN WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
BREEZY TO WINDY THROUGH SUNDAY AS THE NEXT...STRONGER SYSTEM
APPROACHES. THOUGH THE CANADIAN AND EUROPEAN MODELS STILL
SUGGEST THE MORE EASTERLY TRACK, THE LATEST AVN MODEL RUNS CONFIRM
EARLIER THINKING THAT THE APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL PURSUE
A MORE WESTERLY TRACK AND ENTER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST VIA WESTERN
WASHINGTON AND OREGON INSTEAD OF EASTERN WASHINGTON. WE AGREE
STRONGLY WITH THE AVIATION SOLUTION ON THE LOWS TRACK...ESPECIALLY
SINCE THREE MOST PREVIOUS SYSTEMS HAVE TAKEN SIMILAR PATHS.
HOWEVER...THE PREDICTED MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVEL COOLING BY THE MODEL
IS LIKELY EXAGGERATED. THE MAIN IMPACT OF THE LOW WILL BE FELT
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AS ABUNDANT MOISTURE FEEDS INTO THE
REGION AND AS COOLING TEMPERATURES LOWER SNOW LEVELS TO AROUND 4000
FEET. HENRY
PDT 000- ALW 000- PSC 000- YKM 0001
.KPDT...VCP32/CSR21...OPERATIONAL.
.KPDT...HIGH WIND WARNING OREGON ZONE 44 AND WASHINGTON ZONE 28
BLOWING DUST ADVISORY FOR OREGON ZONES 44 AND 45 AND
WASHINGTON ZONES 26, 27, 28 AND 29.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OREGON
1231 PM PST THU MAY 02 2002
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 AM 6 W BOARDMAN OR NON TSTM WINDS
05/02/02 MORROW WIND GUST TO 50 MPH.
REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1228 PM BOARDMAN OR NON TSTM WINDS
05/02/02 MORROW WINDS 25 TO 35
MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40
MPH...1 MILE VSBY ON
INTERSTATE 84 APPROX
5.5 MI EAST OF
BOARDMAN. . REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER (MORROW-9).ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-031200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 300 PM PDT THU MAY 2 2002 ...SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE PERIOD FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... TWO STRONG APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE AREAS WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE WEATHER BEGINNING TONIGHT. THE FIRST SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT BRINGING BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS TO MOST AREAS...AS WELL AS MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES. FRIDAYS HIGH TEMPERATURE WILL BE 5 TO 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN THURSDAYS. THIS FIRST SYSTEM HAS LITTLE TO NO MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH IT...AND PRECIPITATION IS NOT EXPECTED. A SECOND...STRONGER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY. IT WILL REINFORCE THE COLD AIR MASS THAT IS ALREADY IN PLACE...AND IT WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE WITH IT. AS A RESULT...SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO AROUND 4000 FEET BY MONDAY IN THE CASCADES AND EASTERN MOUNTAINS. ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH THE PERIOD IN THE BASIN AND LOWER ELEVATIONS. HOWEVER...THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL COOL MORE SIGNIFICANTLY...AND SNOW COVERED AREAS WILL STRUGGLE TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING FOR AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES MONDAY AND TUESDAY. HENRY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds apparently caused a vehicle, parked in neutral, to roll over a man causing serious injury.
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, May 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: 5297041.