1 funnel cloud, 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 Feb 1, 2:35 PM PST, 25 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
235 PM PST SAT FEB 1 2003
LOWER SNOW LEVELS AND AN END TO PERSISTENT MODERATE RAIN HAS ALLOWED
MOST OF THE AREA/S RIVERS TO START TO RECEDE. THE WALLA WALLA RIVER
IS STILL SHOWING RISES AND THE FLOOD WARNING THERE CONTINUES. THE
CREST CONTINUES TO FLOW DOWN THE YAKIMA...AND IS EXPECTED TO REACH
THE CONFLUENCE WITH THE COLUMBIA SUNDAY. EXPECT THE SMALLER STREAMS
TO BE PRETTY MUCH DONE BY THIS EVENING.
AN UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES TO PUSH ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE
MAIN FRONTAL PRECIP BAND HAS MOVED OUT OF OUR AREA...AND ONLY
SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS LINGER OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN
OREGON. A WEAK UPPER RIDGE WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT.
SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RIDGE...COMBINED WITH THE LOSS OF
DAYTIME HEATING...SHOULD LIMIT SHOWER ACTIVITY TO UP SLOPE PRODUCED
SHOWERS OVER THE EAST OREGON MOUNTAINS. ALSO A FEW SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE NEAR THE CREST OF THE CASCADES. A WEAK WAVE MOVING THROUGH
WESTERN OREGON MAY CAUSE SHOWERS TO EXTEND EAST ACROSS DESCHUTES
COUNTY TONIGHT AS WELL. THE UPPER FLOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY
NORTH-NORTHWEST AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OFFSHORE SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
AN UPPER WAVE IMBEDDED WITHIN THIS FLOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH
MOISTURE FOR SOME LIGHT PRECIP TO DEVELOP ALONG THE WASHINGTON
CASCADE CREST AND ALONG UP SLOPE PRONE AREAS OF THE BLUE...
WALLOWA...STRAWBERRY AND OCHOCO MOUNTAINS. GKH
EXTENDED...AS RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD JUST OFF THE COAST...
NORTHERLY FLOW OVER THE REGION WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES COOL WITH SNOW
LEVELS RELATIVELY LOW. EXTENDED MODELS ARE DIFFERING IN THE IDEA OF
WAVES MOVING SOUTHWARD WITHIN THE NORTHERLY FLOW. EVEN IF THEY DO
MOVE OVER THE EASTERN OREGON MOUNTAINS...MOISTURE WILL BE THE
LIMITING FACTOR. JR
PDT 0022 ALW 0022 PSC 0000 YKM 0000
.KPDT...SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING FOR UMATILLA COUNTY OREGON AND
WALLA WALLA AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES IN WASHINGTON.
...SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING FOR KLICKITAT...KITTITAS AND
YAKIMA COUNTIES OF WASHINGTON.
...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE WALLA WALLA RIVER NEAR TOUCHET.
...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE KLICKITAT RIVER NEAR PITT.
...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE YAKIMA RIVER FROM EASTON TO KIONA.ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-021300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 500 AM PST SAT FEB 1 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 WILL CONTINUE FOR ONE MORE DAY PRODUCING VALLEY RAIN SHOWERS ALONG WITH SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS. NUMEROUS MAIN STEM RIVERS AND STREAMS HAVE REACHED FLOOD STAGE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST OREGON. ADDITIONAL RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY 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. ALSO FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES AS WELL...SEE THE FLOOD WARNING (PDXFLWPDT) FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY CONDITIONS SUNDAY AND WATER IN RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL RACE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY MONDAY INCREASING RAIN AND SNOW CHANCES. BUT AFTER THIS THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK SHOULD REMAIN PRECIPITATION FREE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:00 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A funnel cloud was cited west of Walla Walla, which had sporadic movement. The base of the funnel cloud was at about 1,000 feet, with the length of the funnel around 500 to 600 feet.
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: 5340260.