1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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 Dec 6, 2:29 AM PST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OREGON 229 AM PST SAT DEC 6 2003 .SHORT TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THE GFS MODEL IS QUITE A BIT FASTER THAN THE MESOETA IN MOVING THE FRONTAL SYSTEM ACROSS THE CASCADES AND ACROSS EASTERN OREGON. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST SATELLITE AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS...THE GFS IS TIMING THE SYSTEM MUCH BETTER THAN THE MESOETA. MANY LOCATIONS HAVE EXPERIENCED RAPID WARMING AS THE WIND PICKS UP AND MIXES OUT THE COLD AIR. EVENTUALLY...THE TEMPERATURE WILL DROP AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THOUGH...BUT MANY STATIONS MAY INITIALLY SEE THE TEMPERATURE RISE AND THEN FALL AS THE COOLER AIR MOVE IN. MOST PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS RAIN EXCEPT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET. ON SUNDAY... THE MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. THIS SYSTEM WILL MAINLY EFFECT THE EASTERN SLOPES AND THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIP OVER THE COLUMBIA BASIN. THIS WILL BE SHOWERY PRECIPITATION AND WILL BE LESS WIDE SPREAD THAN WHAT THE AREA HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. SNOW LEVELS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE DOWN TO AROUND 2500 FEET. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL START BUILDING INTO THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT...BRINGING IN A BRIEF DRY PERIOD FOR MONDAY. JACOBSON .LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...EXTENDED MODELS ARE BEGINNING TO COME A LITTLE BETTER IN LINE. HOWEVER...THE PLACEMENT AND TRACK OF THE LOW MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST IS STILL SHOWING SIGNS OF DISCREPANCY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...SHOWER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AS THE PATTERN REMAINS ACTIVE...WITH SOME DRYING OCCURRING INTO FRIDAY. PALMER && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... PENDLETON (AIRPORT) 55 32 41 / 30 30 20 WALLA WALLA 59 35 43 / 30 30 20 TRI-CITIES 53 34 43 / 30 30 20 YAKIMA 47 29 40 / 30 30 20 && .PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...NONE. WA...NONE. && 77
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 432 AM PST FRI DEC 5 2003 ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-061300- THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE... WARM MOIST AIR HAS BEEN OVER RUNNING COLD AIR THAT HAS BEEN TRAPPED NEAR THE SURFACE ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE CASCADES AS WELL AS SOME ISOLATED VALLLEY LOCATIONS PRODUCING ISOLATED AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN. THIS SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL NOON TODAY WHEN THE TEMPERATURE SHOULD RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING. MORE FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT AS THE COLD AIR WILL STILL REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL IT IS MIXED OUT BY STRONG WINDS AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THE PATTERN WILL REMAIN MOIST THROUGH SUNDAY AND THEN BEGIN TO DRY AS A RIDGE BUILDS NEAR THE COAST. THE SYSTEM ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BEARS WATCHING FOR SOME POSSIBLE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS DEPENDING ON THE STRENGTH AND TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW THAT WILL FORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A localized wind gust of 70 MPH was measured five miles southwest of John Day, at an elevation of 3,800 feet.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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