1 wildfire, 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 Sep 5, 1:30 PM PST, 30 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 230 PM PDT FRI SEP 5 2003 MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CENTERED OVER SOUTHWEST OREGON HAS GENERATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL OREGON THIS AFTERNOON. THE DISTURABANCE WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST NORTHEAST THE REST OF TODAY. EXPECT CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE MAINLY SOUTH OF MADRAS TO MEACHAM TO ENTERPRISE AND DECREASE AFTER SUNSET AS THE AIRMASS STABILIZES. THE NEXT MAJOR WEATHER SYSTEM TO CROSS THE CASCADES SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST FALL LIKE WEATHER SYSTEM TO ARRIVE IN NORTHWEST FLOW FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA. 12Z AVN IS SLOWER AND DEEPER WITH THIS SYSTEM COMPARED TO EARLIER RUNS. STRONG DYNAMIC FORCING IS SHOWN ACROSS NORTHEAST OREGON SUNDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL BE ENHANCED WITH UPSLOPE WEST-NORTHWEST FLOW. WILL INCREASE PRECIPITATION OVER THE WALLOWA COUNTY MOUNTAINS BECAUSE OF THIS. WILL KEEP BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS IN FORECAST FOR SUNDAY WITH THE COOLER AIR ARRIVAL. SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT TO BE FRESHENED TO PREPARE HIGH ELEVATION HUNTERS AND CAMPERS FOR THIS COOLER WET CONDITIONS. HULL EXTENDED...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ON MONDAY...THE TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE PACIFIC NORHTWEST...BUT MOST MOISTURE IS PUSHED NORTH OVER WASHINGTON WITH DRYING FOR OREGON. NEXT SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH TUESDAY AND ANOTHER SYSTEM ON WEDNESDAY. BETTER MOISTURE WITH THE TUESDAY SYSTEM THAN WEDNESDAY AND WITH THE WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW WILL KEEP MOST PRECIPITATION CONFINED TO THE CASCADE CREST REGIONS AND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES. ML PDT 2013 ALW 2013 PSC 1012 YKM -012 .KPDT...NONE.
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-061200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 500 AM PDT FRI SEP 5 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECIPITATION FROM THESE STORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. THE NUMBER OF STORMS SHOULD BE LIMITED...BUT COVERAGE COULD BECOME SCATTERED ACROSS DESCHUTES...CROOK AND SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ALSO THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF TODAY...EXCEPT THAT THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO EXTREME NORTHEAST OREGON. ON SUNDAY COOLER...SHOWERY AND BREEZIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA. THE COOLER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-062200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 200 PM PDT FRI SEP 5 2003 ...MUCH COOLER...CLOUDY...AND SHOWERY WEATHER EARLY NEXT WEEK... A COLD FRONT FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL PUSH ACROSS THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY NIGHT AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST WASINGTON AND CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON ON SUNDAY. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER MAINLY THE MOUNTAINS. YOU CAN EXPECT WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH TO USHER IN MUCH COOLER AIR. LOOK FOR AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY TO BE 20 TO 25 DEGREES COOLER THAN THIS WEEK. THE AIR MASS ACTUALLY WILL BE COOL ENOUGH ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY TO PRODUCE LIGHT SNOW ABOVE 8000 FEET ACROSS THE WALLOWA MOUNTAINS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST OREGON. HUNTERS AND OTHER OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR MUCH COOLER AND WET WEATHER BEFORE VENTURING OUT EARLY NEXT WEEK. LISTEN FOR LATER UPDATES ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PENDLETON HULL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Bull Springs 2 Fire was a lightning sparked fire which burned 1,266 acres. The estimated cost of containing the blaze was $1,422,000.
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, September 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: 5337180.