1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Aug 24, 7:15 PM PST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 815 PM PDT SUN AUG 24 2003 A CALM NIGHT WILL DOMINATE THE FORECAST AREA WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL DIG OFF THE WASHINGTON AND SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST ON MONDAY WITH THE FLOW ALOFT TURNING TO MORE SOUTHWEST WHILE AN UPPER RIDGE AMPLIFIES TO THE EAST OF THE CWA. THIS WILL CAUSE A WARMING TREND TO TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY. THE TROUGH OFF THE COAST WILL SEND A DISTURBANCE ACROSS NORTHWEST WASHINGTON ON TUESDAY. MOST OF THE ENERGY...MOISTURE AND LIFTING WILL STAY TO THE NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA...BUT MAY BRUSH THE NORTHWEST MOST ZONES. BELIEVE ANY CHANCE OF RAIN THERE WILL ONLY BE SLIGHT IF ANY AT ALL...BUT FOR NOW WILL LEAVE FORECAST AS IS. THE FORECAST AREA WILL THEN GO INTO A DRY WESTERLY FLOW PATTERN WITH SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND A SLIGHT WARMING TREND AGAIN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. RSC. PDT 0000 ALW 0000 PSC 0000 YKM 0010 .KPDT...NONE. 88
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-251200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 500 AM PDT SUN AUG 24 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL GIVE DRY AND STABLE CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. INCREASING CLOUDS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. INCREASING CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES ON MONDAY. THE REMNANTS OF A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES MONDAY NIGHT FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL GIVE THE REGION DRY AND STABLE CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY. UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL GIVE DRY AND STABLE CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Square Lake Fire was a lightning sparked fire which burned 1,097 acres. The fire was contained on September 30th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Washington in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, August 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: 5333929.