1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 7, 1:13 PM PST, 5 hours 42 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 215 PDT MON JUL 7 2003 SHORTWAVE TROUGH OFF THE CA/ORE COAST WILL DEAMPLIFY AS IT MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN CA/SOUTHERN ORE TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE SYSTEM IS LOSING AMPLITUDE...LATEST SHORT TERM MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT THERE WILL BE JUST ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND LIFT FOR SOME HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. DRY SUBCLOUD LAYER SUGGESTS THAT MOST OF THE RAIN WITH THESE STORMS WILL EVAPORATE BEFORE REACHING THE GROUND. THIS WILL POSE A THREAT FOR LIGHTNING-INDUCED FIRE STARTS GIVEN THE VERY DRY CONDITIONS THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS. THUS A RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA FOR TONIGHT. THE UPPER SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA ON TUESDAY WITH MOSTLY SUNNY...COOLER AND SOMEWHAT BREEZY CONDITIONS EXPECTED BEHIND A PACIFIC COLD FRONT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN WARMING UP ON WEDNESDAY AS UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD BACK NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA. VESCIO EXTENDED...A DRY AND WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE PACIFIC NW. EXTENDED MODELS ARE HINTING AT A MARINE PUSH AS EARLY AS SUNDAY BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND BREEZY WINDS. MODELS TYPICALLY ARE TOO FAST WITH MARINE PUSHES SO WILL LOWER TEMPS SLIGHTLY ON SUNDAY AND EVEN MORE ON MONDAY WITH LOCALLY BREEZY WINDS ON MONDAY. SMITH PDT 0000 ALW 0000 PSC 0000 YKM 0000 .KPDT...RED FLAG WARNING TONIGHT FOR LIGHTNING AFTER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF DRY CONDITIONS FOR PORTIONS OF FIRE ZONES 630...633...634...635...AND 638. THIS COVERS DESCHUTES...CROOK...GRANT...WHEELER...UMATILLA...UNION...WALLOWA... AND BAKER COUNTIES.
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-081145- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 500 AM PDT MON JUL 7 2003 .DAY ONE... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST TODAY PLACING THE AREA IN A MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THE COMBINATION OF DAYTIME HEATING...ADEQUATE MOISTURE...AND A FAVORABLE REGION OF AN UPPER LEVEL JET WILL HELP TO INITIATE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE AND WALLOWA MOUNTAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. AT THIS TIME THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. BUT BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FROM SOME OF THE STRONGER HIGH BASE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. LINGERING MOISTURE ALONG THE BLUE AND WALLOWA MOUNTAINS WILL COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING TO HELP PRODUCE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OTHERWISE THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK SHOULD BE PRECIPITATION FREE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:53 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds associated with a thunderstorm knocked a ponderosa pine tree onto a four-year-old manufactured home. Two large tree limbs punched through a bedroom ceiling next to a bed, the bathroom, and a back TV room. The property damage from this event is estimated at $30,000.
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