1 wildfire, 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 Aug 6, 1:35 PM PST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 235 PM PDT WED AUG 6 2003 AN UPPER LOW NOW MOVING INTO SW OREGON WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS OREGON AND SE WASHINGTON. THE ATMOSPHERE IS ALREADY UNSTABLE WITH CUMULUS BUILDUPS OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. NO LIGHTNING STRIKES DETECTED AS OF 2 PM...YET DOPPLER RADAR AT PENDLETON HAS DETECTED A FAIRLY STRONG CELL OVER UNION COUNTY. MOST OF EASTERN OREGON AND SE WASHINGTON WILL SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AFTER SUNRISE THURSDAY AS THE LOW MOVES INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. MEANWHILE...A STRONG LOW IS MOVING SOUTH ALONG THE WA/OR COAST. THIS DEEP LOW WILL HAVE A TIGHT CIRCULATION WITH MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND THE LOW...WHICH WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED FROM THE CASCADES WESTWARD THURSDAY AFTERNOON. BELIEVE ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES THURSDAY...AND THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL SEE A BREAK IN THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. WILL MENTION A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF OREGON THURSDAY NIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVING ALONG THE OREGON AND IDAHO PANHANDLE. ON FRIDAY...A SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND A FEW ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHEAST OREGON MOUNTAINS IN THE AFTERNOON. VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. SMITH EXTENDED...UPPER LOW TO REMAIN ROUGHLY NEAR 47N/130W UNTIL LATE SUNDAY OR MONDAY...THEN IT APPEARS THAT IT WILL MOVE ONSHORE. SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE TRACK OF THIS FEATURE EARLY NEXT WEAK. PREFER AN EASTWARD MOVEMENT ALONG THE WASHINGTON/BRITISH COLUMBIA BORDER DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THE UPPER RIDGE AND TIME OF YEAR...PLUS THE CONTINUED TROUGH EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. THUS EXPECT SLIGHT CHANCES OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS LARGELY OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE INCREASED ONSHORE FLOW AT THE LOWER LEVELS SHOULD KEEP MOST OF THE AREA SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM FREE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. GKH PDT 321- ALW 321- PSC 221- YKM 111- .KPDT...NONE.
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-071200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 500 AM PDT WED AUG 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE... SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED OVER GRANT COUNTY AND ARE MOVING NORTH THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST OREGON. A DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE CASCADES THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASED INSTABILITY AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE TO TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST OREGON AND ALONG THE CASCADES. STRONG WINDS...RAIN...HAIL...AND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW PATTERN ALOFT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. HOWEVER THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE MORE STABLE WITH LESS SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Twelve loads of retardant were dropped on a lightning sparked 400 acre fire.
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, August 2003
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: 5333631.