Washington, 2003

Hail in Washington, April 29, 2003

April 29, 2003 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

What forecasters said that day

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 Apr 29, 1:20 PM PST, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 1:20 PM PST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
220 PM PDT TUE APR 29 2003

CURRENT RADAR IMAGERY BEGINNING TO SHOW SIGNS OF SETTLING DOWN THIS
EVENING. ONE AREA OF CONTINUED CONCERN IS YAKIMA VALLEY EASTWARD TO
THE COLUMBIA BASIN SOUTH OF THE TRI-CITIES WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE
CONINUES TO BE QUITE UNSTABLE. EXPECT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HERE TO
PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. THE SOUTHERN END OF THIS
LINE...WHICH EXTENDES INTO THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN
GRANT COUNTY IS IN SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE AIR...AND WILL LIKELY
DIMISH. ISOLATED AREAS OF FOG ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY
OVERNIGHT...PARTICULARLY WHERE THE SKIES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
CLEAR OUT.  JR

PDT 5321  ALW 5321  PSC 5321  YKM 5321

.KPDT...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 4:20 AM PST, 13 hours 4 minutes before
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-301300-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
520 AM PDT TUE APR 29 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.

A SERIES OF WAVES ROTATING AROUND AN UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHWEST OREGON
WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS TO THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT.  THE
AIR MASS REMAINS UNSTABLE...AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON.  SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...SMALL
HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

ALTHOUGH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES OVER THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST...IT WILL REMAIN STATIONARY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
WEDNESDAY.  ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTHWARD FROM
BRITISH COLUMBIA AND INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS WEEKEND FOR
ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION.  DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:24 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Klickitat

When
April 29, 5:24 PM PST to 5:55 PM PST
Where
Klickitat County, 12 mi E of Bickleton
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
46.000, -120.050

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

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: 5353733.