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 7, 10:15 AM PST, 22 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1015 AM PST FRI MAR 7 2003 THE NOSE OF AN UPPER LEVEL JET WAS JUST ABOUT TO ENTER THE WESTERN CWA. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WAS PLOWING INTO THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND OREGON CASCADES WITH IMPRESSIVE SNOW AMOUNTS. JUST OVERNITE...EASTON RECEIVED OVER TWO FEET OF SNOW WITH MORE TO COME. IMPRESSIVE WESTERLY UPSLOPE OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS WAS PRODUCING TWO INCH/PER HOUR SNOWS AT SKI BLUEWOOD. WHEN THE JET INTERACTS WITH THE BLUES/WALLOWAS LATER TODAY...EXPECT THE SNOWS ACROSS THIS AREA TO CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT AND WILL INCREASE SOME SNOW AMOUNTS. THEREFORE WILL CONTINUE WITH ALL SNOW WARNINGS AND ADVISORYS. PDT 442 ALW 342 PSC 322 YKM 332 .KPDT...A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON AND WASHINGTON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... ...A SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE OREGON CASCADES AND EASTERN WALLOWA COUNTY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-071300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 500 AM PST FRI MAR 7 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 AND TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MOUNTAIN SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS. WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND SNOW ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED. SEE PDXWSWPDT FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OREGON
845 AM PST FRI MAR 07 2003
TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0635 AM 4 N LOSTINE OR SNOW
03/06/03 WALLOWA 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL
OVERNIGHT, WITH BLOWING
SNOW AND OCCASIONAL
WHITE OUT CONDITIONS.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
1230 PM 12 NE PATERSON WA NON TSTM WINDS
03/06/03 BENTON SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS
OF 40 TO 50 MPH IN THE
HORSE HEAVEN HILLS.
VISIBILITY REDUCED TO
400 FEET BY BLOWING
DUST. REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0255 PM 7 NW EASTON WA SNOW
03/06/03 KITTITAS SIX INCHES OF SNOW HAS
ACCUMULATED SINCE 7AM.
CURRENTLY SNOWING WITH
VISIBILITY ONE MILE.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0720 AM 7 NW EASTON WA HEAVY SNOW
03/07/03 KITTITAS 20 INCHES OF SNOW IN 13
HOURS FROM 6:00 PM
YESTERDAY TO 7:00 AM
THIS MORNING.
CURRENTLY 31 DEGREES,
AND SNOWING LIGHTLY.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0730 AM EASTON WA HEAVY SNOW
03/07/03 KITTITAS 26 INCHES OF SNOW FELL
IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.
CURRENT SNOW DEPTH OF
28 INCHES, WITH
MODERATE SNOW FALLING
AND A TEMPERATURE OF 31
DEGREES. REPORTED BY
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER.
0740 AM 9 N ELLENSBURG WA SNOW
03/07/03 KITTITAS FOUR INCHES OF SNOW
OVERNIGHT AND STILL
SNOWING. REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER.
0745 AM 10 NW GOLDENDALE WA SNOW
03/07/03 KLICKITAT FOUR INCHES OF SNOW
FELL OVERNIGHT.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A peak wind gust to 61 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: 5347898.