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 19, 9:00 AM PST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OREGON
900 AM PST WED NOV 19 2003
UPDATED TO INCLUDE WARNINGS AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE
DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE AREA
BRINGING WINDS GUSTING TO GREATER THAN 40KTS WITH LOCAL AREAS OF
BLOWING DUST. THE FRONT PASSED PASCO AROUND 8 AM AND IS EXPECTED TO
PASS THROUGH PENDLETON AROUND 1000 AM. THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE AND
WILL OCCUR WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AND THEN THEY DIE DOWN A
LITTLE. THE BEST CHANCES OF PRECIP WILL BE OVER THE NORTHWESTERN
ZONES THIS MORNING...THEN SHIFTING INTO MOST OF THE OREGON ZONES BY
AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP BEHIND THE FRONT...BUT AT THIS TIME
EXPECT THAT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PRECIP WILL FALL WITH AND AHEAD OF
THE FRONT (IN THE WARMER AIR). THUS SNOWFALL WILL BE LIMITED. THE
GFS AND AVN ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT THE NEXT MID LEVEL TROUGH
WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY. THE ETA HAS TWO SURFACE
LOWS WITH THE STRONGER ONE HANGING OFF THE SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON
COAST. THE GFS HAS THE MAIN SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
WASHINGTON. BOTH MODELS KEEP A WESTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW INTO THE
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS WHICH SHOULD CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT AREA
FAVORABLE FOR SNOW SHOWERS. FOR RIGHT NOW...AM LEANING MORE TOWARD
THE GFS SOLUTION. JACOBSON
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
PENDLETON (AIRPORT) 55 35 40 / 60 30 40
WALLA WALLA 55 37 40 / 60 30 30
TRI-CITIES 56 35 42 / 30 20 30
YAKIMA 52 30 40 / 30 30 30
&&
.PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...BLOWING DUST WARNING FOR THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN AND BLUE
MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS OF OREGON AND WASHINGTON UNTIL EARLY
AFTERNOON.
WA...HIGH WIND WARNING THIS MORNING FOR THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN
AND THE YAKIMA VALLEY.
&&
77ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-201300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 500 AM PST WED NOV 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTERIOR TODAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SOME RAIN...BUT MORE SIGNIFICANTLY MODERATE TO STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY ITS PASSAGE. WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH MAY OCCUR LEADING UP TO AND DURING FRONTAL PASSAGE. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR EVEN STRONGER WINDS AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE YAKIMA VALLEY AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN IN SOUTH-CENTRAL WASHINGTON THIS MORNING. AS A RESULT A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS UNTIL 11 AM. SEE THE LATEST HIGH WIND WARNING OR NPWPDT OR WWUS76 KPDT NPWPDT FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A COLD AND UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY. SNOW SHOWERS...WITH RAIN SHOWERS AT LOWER ELEVATIONS DURING THE DAYTIME...CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. CURRENTLY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT...THOUGH THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR LOCALIZED SNOW ADVISORY AMOUNTS TO OCCUR. DRIER CONDITIONS SHOULD DEVELOP SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ANOTHER FAST MOVING SYSTEM MAY AFFECT THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A cable channel in Bend reported a peak wind gust of 77 MPH. These winds led to some damage to roof shingles, and downed two lodge pole pine trees 70 to 80 feet tall.
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: 5335592.