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 Nov 16, 2:30 PM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OREGON 230 PM PST SUN NOV 16 2003 .SHORT TERM...A FAST MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. A WAVE OF SHOWER ACTIVITY HAS MOVED OUT AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM AND CURRENTLY ENVELOPES MOST OF WASHINGTON AND OREGON. A PRONOUNCED AREA OF DRYING IN THE UPPER-LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE IS APPARENT BEHIND THE FIRST WAVE OF MOISTURE. STRONG WINDS ARE MIXING TO THE SURFACE UNDERNEATH THIS FEATURE ALONG THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO EASTERN WASHINGTON AND OREGON THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 30 TO 40MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60MPH IN THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...NORTH CENTRAL OREGON...ALONG WITH THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS OF WASHINGTON AND OREGON. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH 11PM. THEN WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT. EXPECT WIDESPREAD SHOWER ACTIVITY WITH SNOW LEVELS AROUND 4000 FEET. ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE BETWEEN 1 TO 4 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET WITH HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ABOVE 5000 FEET. TOMORROW THROUGH WEDNESDAY...ANOTHER WAVE OF OVERRUNNING MOISTURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TOMORROW NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AS A WARM FRONT PASSES OVERHEAD. FORECAST MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT SHOWERS AND BREEZY CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH SNOW LEVELS ABOVE 5000 FEET. BY MID-DAY TUESDAY A SHORT WAVE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER WITH MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS PREVAILING AND MILD TEMPERATURES. AREAS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST CREST OF THE CASCADES IN WASHINGTON WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SHOWER ACTIVITY THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH SNOW LEVELS ABOVE 5000 FEET. MRC .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...AN UNSETTLED PROGRESSIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE EACH DAY THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD FOR A CHANCE OF RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW EACH DAY. POLAN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... PENDLETON (AIRPORT) 39 50 43 55 / 60 20 20 10 WALLA WALLA 42 51 45 55 / 60 20 20 10 TRI-CITIES 39 52 42 55 / 20 10 10 05 YAKIMA 32 47 38 50 / 20 10 10 10 && .PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH 1000 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...NORTH CENTRAL OREGON...COLUMBIA BASIN...AND FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. WA...HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH 1000 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...COLUMBIA BASIN....AND FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. && 96
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-171300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 300 PM PST SUN NOV 16 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FAST MOVING FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT WITH DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED IN THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN...THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS...AND NORTH CENTRAL OREGON. A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. SEE NPWPDT WWUS76 KPDT FOR DETAILS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 5000 FEET. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS BY MONDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER THE MOUNTAINS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE ABOVE 5500-6000 FEET MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. AS THE MAIN STORM TRACK MOVES NORTH INTO CANADA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND OREGON WILL DRY OUT. ANOTHER SERIES OF STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL DECREASE THURSDAY TO 3000-4000 FEET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. SMITH
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A peak wind gust of 64 MPH was recorded between the hours of 5 PM and 6 PM six miles southwest of Culver on a ridge top at 2700 feet M.S.L..
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: 5335584.