1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Nov 11, 8:43 AM PST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OREGON 843 AM PST TUE NOV 11 2003 .SHORT TERM...DRIER AIR WAS WORKING ITS WAY INTO THE REGION WITH SIGNIFICANT MIXING OF STRONGER UPPER LEVEL WINDS DOWN TO THE SURFACE. WINDS ALREADY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE BASIN WERE GUSTING OVER 40MPH AND THIS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE I HAVE INCREASED WINDS ACROSS THE BASIN. OTHERWISE THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST APPEARS ON TRACK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... PENDLETON (AIRPORT) 54 33 49 / 10 05 00 WALLA WALLA 54 35 51 / 05 05 00 TRI-CITIES 56 32 52 / 05 05 00 YAKIMA 53 31 47 / 05 05 00 && .PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...NONE. WA...NONE. && 97
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-121300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 920 AM PST TUE NOV 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST TODAY AS WINDS GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS OF THE BASIN ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. THE WEATHER SYSTEM THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WIND WILL EXIT THE REGION THIS EVENING WITH DECREASING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION KEEPING CONDITIONS DRY AND STABLE THROUGH FRIDAY. FREQUENT WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL THEN MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY IN A FAST WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. .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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Sustained winds between 20 and 30 MPH blew a controlled burn just outside of Hermiston out of control. A tractor along with four tons of hay were destroyed in the blaze.
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, November 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: 5335591.