1 funnel cloud, 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 Apr 14, 1:30 PM PST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 230 PM PDT MON APR 14 2003 UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SLOWLY MOVE OVER THE REGION TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. COLDEST UNSTABLE AIR ALOFT WILL BE OVER THE REGION NOW THROUGH TUESDAY. RADAR SHOWING PLENTY OF SHOWER ACTIVITY FROM SE WA TO CENTRAL OREGON A COUPLE LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVING OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON AND MORE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING. NORTHERN ZONES APPEAR TO BE STABLE IN THE WAKE OF EXITING SHORT WAVE THAT BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT RAIN TO PORTIONS OF THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN. SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN TAPERING OFF AFTER SUNSET. TUESDAY WILL BE A LITTLE LESS UNSTABLE WITH BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONFINED TO SE WA AND NE OREGON WITH JUST ISOLATED SHOWERS ELSEWHERE. WEDNESDAY ABOUT THE SAME AS TUESDAY. NEXT SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE DIVES DOWN THE COAST WEDNESDAY THEN MOVES INLAND AS AN OPEN TROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WILL BE THE NEXT BEST CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION EXTENDED...SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY...MAINLY OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS...AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION. WEAK RIDGING LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL PUT THE PDT FORECAST AREA BETWEEN SYSTEMS FOR DRY CONDITIONS. THE NEXT LOW WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. AT THIS TIME ...IT APPEARS THE INITIAL FRONT WILL SHEAR APART AS IT MOVES INTO THE REGION. MAIN ENERGY AND MOISTURE WILL BE TO OUR NORTH. THEREFORE...WILL KEEP PRECIP CHANCES LOW. MJB. PDT 2222 ALW 2222 PSC 2222 YKM 2222 .KPDT...NONE.
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-151300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 500 AM PDT MON APR 14 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON .DAY ONE... TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. LOW PRESSURE OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WILL SPIN A COUPLE OF DISTURBANCES ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THIS COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL MAKE THE ATMOSPHERE INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Medford radar (KMAX), 237 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:35 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A short lived cold core funnel cloud occurred 5-6 miles south of Bend.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, April 2003
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