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 Nov 16, 2:34 PM PST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 234 PM PST SAT NOV 16 2002 CORRECTED POPS SECONDARY FRONT WITH A BATCH OF PRECIP NOW CROSSING THE CASCADE CREST. EXPECT THIS TO KICK ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND OREGON THIS EVENING FOR VARIOUS CHANCES OF SHOWERS. BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS SHOULD BE ALONG THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS WHERE UPSLOPE EFFECTS WILL ENHANCE PRECIP CHANCES. ONSHORE FLOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...THOUGH POPS WILL BE LOW MOST AREAS EXCEPT NEAR THE CASCADE CREST AND ON WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE BLUES AND WALLOWAS. EXPECT BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND A GOOD PART OF SUNDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA WILL KEEP MODERATELY TIGHT GRADIENTS ACROSS THE AREA. MAY SEE A FEW LOCAL SPOTS BLOWING DUST THIS EVENING. UPPER RIDGE LOOKS TO BUILD MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AND SHOULD PUSH MAIN STORM TRACK NORTH OF THE AREA. WILL CONTINUE SOME LOW LEVEL POPS OVER THE WASHINGTON CASCADE EAST SLOPES FOR SLOP OVER...AND OVER THE HIGHER RIDGES OF BLUES AND THE WALLOWAS. GKH EXTENDED...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY AND PERSIST UNTIL THURSDAY WHEN A WEAK WAVE WILL MOVE OVER THE RIDGE...BRINGING MOSTLY CLOUD COVER AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN TO THE MOUNTAINS. THE RIDGE WILL REESTABLISH ITSELF BY FRIDAY AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS PREVAILING. PALMER PDT 6211 ALW 6211 PSC 3211 YKM 3211 .KPDT...NONE.
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-171400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 500 AM PST SAT NOV 16 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON .DAY ONE... TODAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. MORNING FOG ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE BASIN WILL GIVE WAY TO A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY. AS PRESSURE GRADIENTS TIGHTEN ACROSS THE AREA...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. SOME SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE OVER THE CREST OF THE CASCADES TONIGHT RANGING BETWEEN ONE TO 4 INCHES. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. COOLER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA AND TURN THE RAIN OVER TO SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA LATE SUNDAY. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY INCREASING RAIN CHANCES. MID LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES EVEN MORE FIRMLY IN PLACE OVER THE SOUTHWEST USA AND WILL INFLUENCE OUR AREAS WITH DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds created areas of blowing dust along highway 224, reducing visibilities to one quarter mile.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5323481.