1 flood, 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 Jan 31, 7:40 PM PST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
740 PM PST FRI JAN 31 2003
CONCERN WILL BE WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND ALONG
WITH POTENTIAL RIVER FLOODING.
A COLD FRONT STRETCHES FROM ABOUT BEND TO LAGRANDE TO ENTERPRISE
OREGON AT 03Z AND WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHEAST AND STRETCH FROM
KLAMATH FALLS TO BURNS TO NORTH OF ONTARIO OREGON BY 12Z. COOLER AND
DRIER AIR PUSHING INTO EASTERN WASHINGTON AND OREGON. RAIN HAS
ENDED ACROSS THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES AND THE
WESTERN EDGE OF RAIN WILL PROCEED TO THE BLUE MOUNTAINS BY SUNRISE.
SOME AREAS IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS WILL GET AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 TO 1
INCH OF MOISTURE WHICH WILL KEEP STREAMS AND RIVERS NEAR OR ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE. DRIER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE BLUES FOR LATE SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY AHEAD OF NEXT SYSTEM FOR SUNDAY NIGHT.
HULL
PDT +523 ALW +523 PSC 7322 YKM 3322
.KPDT...SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND THE
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS (ORC021-ORC049-ORC059-WAC013
AND WAC071).
...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR KLICKITAT...KITTITAS AND
YAKIMA COUNTIES OF WASHINGTON (WAC037-WAC039-WAC077).
...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE...NACHES RIVER FROM NACHES TO YAKIMA
(WAC077).
...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE KLICKITAT RIVER NEAR PITT.
...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE YAKIMA RIVER NEAR EASTON AND PARKER.ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-011300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 500 AM PST FRI JAN 31 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. A MOIST WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO RAISE LEVELS ON RIVERS AND NUMEROUS SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. MAIN STEM RIVERS ARE NEAR BANKFULL AND SOME FLOODING IS EXPECTED NEAR SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. SEE THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING (PDXFLWPDT) FOR THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS FOR MORE INFORMATION. MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES AS WELL...SEE THE SMALL STREAM ADVISORY (PDXFLSPDT) FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. FLOODING OF SOME LOWLAND AREAS ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY. AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS JUST TO THE WEST OF THE AREA...PRECIPITATION CHANCES SHOULD DIMINISH. BUT ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL RACE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY AND THEN AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY WHICH SHOULD INCREASE PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Naches River near Naches, with a flood stage of 17.0 feet, began flooding at 9:15 AM on January 31st. The river peaked at 17.6 feet on January 31st, before receding below flood stage at 7:15 AM on February 1st. Minor flooding occurred along the river.
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, February 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: 5340261.