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 Mar 6, 9:30 AM PST, 1 hour earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 930 AM PST THU MAR 6 2003 LATEST RADAR INDICATED AN INCREASING AREA OF PCPN OVER THE BLUE MTNS. WITH STRONG UPSLOPE AND AN UPPER LEVEL 140KT JET RACING ACROSS THE FA TODAY...I EXPECT THIS AREA OF PCPN TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY...AND WILL CONTINUE WITH THE WSWARNING FOR THE BLUES AND EASTERN SLOPES OF THE CASCADES THROUGH TONITE ALONG WITH THE ADVISORY FOR THE WALLOWA MTNS. IN ADDITION...SIGNIFICANT DOWNSLOPE SHUD CAUSE A RAIN SHADOWING EFFECT ACROSS THE BASIN WHERE UPPER LEVEL WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN TO THE SFC TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE BASIN BY MIDDAY. THEREFORE WILL CONTINUE THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR TODAY. PDT 224 ALW 224 PSC 223 YKM 223 .KPDT...A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES AND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON AND WASHINGTON THROUGH TONIGHT... ...A SNOW ADVISORY FOR WALLOWA COUNTY THROUGH TONIGHT... ...A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR TODAY FOR THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON AND WASHINGTON...
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-071300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 500 AM PST THU MAR 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON .DAY ONE...TODAY A STRONG WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY. THIS SYTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MOUNTAIN SNOW AND HIGH WINDS TO THE AREA. HIGH WIND WARNINGS... WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED. SEE PDXNPWPDT AND PDXWSWPDT FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS AND ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A peak wind gust to 65 MPH was measured by an anemometer 13 miles NNE of Terrebonne.
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, March 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: 5347899.