1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Oct 19, 1:30 AM PST, 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OREGON 230 AM PDT SUN OCT 19 2003 .SHORT TERM...THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. IT SHOULD CROSS THE CASCADE RANGE EARLY THIS MORNING THEN THEN MOVE THROUGH THE EASTERN OREGON AND WASHINGTON BORDER WITH IDAHO BY 00Z-06Z THIS EVENING. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS IT ENCOUNTERS THE CASCADE RANGE. WITH A MODERATE SOUTHWEST WIND ALOFT EXPECT SOME DOWNSLOPE EFFECT OFF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND CASCADES TO CREATE A RAIN SHADOW OVER THE COLUMBIA BASIN BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE BLUE MOUNTAINS EASTWARD MAY SEE SOME UPSLOPE EFFECT FROM THE LOW LEVEL WINDS AFTER THE FRONT PASSES WHEN THE WINDS SWITCH TO A MORE WESTERLY DIRECTION. WINDS AT 850MB-700MB WILL RANGE FROM 20-45 KTS AND SOME OF THESE WINDS MAY BE TRANSPORTED DOWN TO THE SURFACE TO CREATE LOCAL BREEZY CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE PASSES...CASCADE EAST SLOPES AND THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 5 TO 15 DEGREES COOLER TODAY THAN SATURDAY. A WARM FRONT WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW THE COLD FRONT AND PASS THROUGH THE AREA ON MONDAY. MOST OF THE MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS WITH THIS WARM FRONT WILL STAY TO THE NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA...BUT HAVE INCLUDED SOME ISOLATED PRECIP CHANCES ALONG THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES CREST REGION AND EAST SLOPES. AFTER THAT A WARMING TREND WITH DRY CONDITIONS WILL AGAIN TAKE PLACE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM FORECAST PERIOD INTO THE EXTENDED. RSC. .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...EXTENDED MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS (MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS)...BREEZY WINDS...AND LOWERING SNOW LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE FRONT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OFFSHORE AND EASTERN WA/OR WILL BE UNDER A COOL N-NW FLOW ALOFT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. CONFIDENCE IN GFS MODEL THIS WEEKEND IS POOR...AS IT IS ADVERTISING A CUTOFF LOW UNDERCUTTING THE HIGH OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S. SINCE MODELS ARE NOTORIOUSLY BAD WITH POSITION OF CUTOFF LOWS...ESPECIALLY IN THE EXTENDED...WILL LEAVE SATURDAY AS IS WHICH INDICATES A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER THE EASTERN OREGON MOUNTAINS. SMITH && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... PENDLETON (AIRPORT) 66 47 71 / 20 00 05 WALLA WALLA 71 49 72 / 20 00 05 TRI-CITIES 71 48 72 / 20 00 05 YAKIMA 65 45 67 / 20 00 10 && .PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...NONE. WA...NONE. && 88
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-191200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 415 AM PDT SAT OCT 18 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. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN CONTROL OF THE WEATHER TODAY WITH WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES...DRY CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Localized high winds in portions of Joseph led to numerous downed trees, with some shingles observed coming off a few homes.
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, October 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: 5371471.