Name: High Surf in Oregon, June 14, 2003
Start: 2003-06-14T06:15
End: 2003-06-14T06:15
Location: Oregon

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $500,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS PQR wrote it up.

The Taki-Tooo, a 32 foot fishing charter with 19 onboard, rolled over in the heavy surf/swell while crossing the Tillamook Bar during one of the strongest ebb currents of the summer. There were nine fatalities, two remain missing, and eight survived.

What forecasters said that day

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 Portland, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 14, 2:00 AM PST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:00 AM PST, 4 hours 15 minutes before

NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
300 AM PDT SAT JUN 14 2003

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL BRUSH THE EXTREME NORTHWEST
PART OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING. THEN A WEAK UPPER RIDGE WILL
BUILD OVER THE PACIFIC NW SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY FOR DRIER AND WARMER
WEATHER. A WEAK FRONT WILL BRUSH OUR AREA LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
...BRINGING CLOUDS AND A CHANCE OF DRIZZLE AND SPRINKLES TO THE COAST
AND SW WASHINGTON INTERIOR. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL PERSIST IN THE GULF
OF ALASKA FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK FOR MOSTLY CLOUDY WEATHER.

.DISCUSSION...
.SHORT TERM...THE REMAINS OF A WEAK FRONT WILL BRUSH THE EXTREME NW
CORNER OF OUR AREA THIS MORNING. WEAK RADAR ECHOES WERE DIMINISHING
AT 09Z...BUT SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED MID AND UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE
RACING INLAND AT 09Z WITH A CHUNK OF THE FRONTAL BAND OFF SHORE.
CURRENT FORECAST OF A CHANCE OF RAIN ALONG THE NORTH COAST AND SLIGHT
CHANCE NORTH INTERIOR THIS MORNING...AND A SLIGHT CHANCE ALONG THE
NORTH COAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON LOOK GOOD.

LATEST MODELS AGREE ON BUILDING A WEAK UPPER RIDGE ALONG THE COAST
SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AHEAD OF A DEEPENING UPPER LOW IN THE GULF OF
ALASKA. THE SURFACE PATTERN THROUGH TUESDAY MAINTAINS LIGHT LOW LEVEL
ONSHORE FLOW...WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS
WITH MORNING CLOUDS AND SOME AFTERNOON SUN...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH
INTERIOR. NO CHANGES TO CURRENT FORECASTS.

.LONG TERM...MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT IN BRINGING A
SPLITTING UPPER TROUGH TO THE COAST LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THIS
SHOULD DEEPEN THE MARINE LAYER...WITH SOME DRIZZLE OR SPRINKLES ALONG
THE COAST AND INLAND IN SW WASHINGTON. MODELS START TO DIVERGE AFTER
WEDNESDAY. GENERAL TENDENCY IS FOR A CUT OFF LOW TO FORM OVER
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. LATEST GFS INDICATES THE
SHORTWAVE REACHING OUR AREA FRIDAY WILL BE A LITTLE STRONGER THAN
PREVIOUS RUN...WHICH WAS IN TURN STRONGER THAN THE PREVIOUS RUN. NOT
A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THIS...BUT WITH THIS STRONGER TREND WILL ADD
SOME DRIZZLE TO THE NORTH COAST FRIDAY. OTHERWISE NO CHANGES TO THE
EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST. BOHL

AST 31100 PDX 21100  SLE 21110  EUG 11100

.PQR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CAPE SHOALWATER TO FLORENCE FOR HAZARDOUS
       SEAS.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 5:30 AM PST, 45 minutes before

ORZ001>013-WAZ019>023-039-040-151430-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
530 AM PST SAT JUN 14 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO SKYWARN PROCEDURES.

Event by event

1 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.

High Surf, Northern Oregon Coast

When: June 14, 6:15 AM PST
Where: Northern Oregon Coast forecast zone
Property damage: $500,000
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA

What these are

High Surf: Large waves breaking on the shore that caused damage, erosion or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Oregon in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Oregon, June 2003

Sources

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: 5365317.