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 Sep 30, 7:46 PM PST, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 846 PM PDT TUE SEP 30 2003 .SHORT TERM...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW REMAINS OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST THIS EVENING AND LOOKS TO REMAIN AT THIS LOCATION ANOTHER COUPLE OF DAYS. MEANWHILE JET ENERGY SWINGING AROUND THIS UPPER LOW HAS BEEN DIGGING SOUTHEAST TOWARDS CALIFORNIA. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANOTHER CUT OFF LOW OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH DIGGING JET STREAM HAS BEEN FLOWING NORTH INTO THE PACNW THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT COULD SEE SOME ISOLATED HIGH BASED CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...MAINLY OVER THE CENTRAL OREGON MOUNTAINS. EXPECT ANY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TO BE DIURNAL IN NATURE AS THE BULK OF THE DYNAMIC ENERGY WILL BE HEADED INTO CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA. FAIR CONDITIONS CONTINUING THIS EVENING WITH ONLY THE AFOREMENTIONED CIRRUS MOVING OVER THE AREA. LIGHT DRAINAGE WINDS HAVE SET UP AT MOST LOCATIONS...AND ONLY UPDATES WILL BE TO TWEAK WINDS. GKH .LONG TERM...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL THROUGH SUNDAY WITH MILD TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH MONDAY USHERING IN COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS. RIGHT A NOW MOIST WEST TO EAST FLOW LOOKS TO BE THE RULE FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY KEEPING TEMPERATURES COOLER AND KEEPING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST MAINLY FOR THE MOUNTAINS. CANTIN/RSC && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... PDT 50 81 52 82 / 0 0 0 0 ALW 55 83 57 85 / 0 0 0 0 PSC 48 85 48 87 / 0 0 0 0 YKM 46 84 47 86 / 0 0 0 0 && .PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...NONE. WA...NONE. && 90
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-011145- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 500 AM PDT TUE SEP 30 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. DRY AND UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS THE REGION REMAINS UNDER HIGH PRESSURE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN OREGON LATE WEDNESDAY...BRINGING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REBUILD WITH A RETURN TO DRY CONDITIONS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE NEXT THREAT OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. SMITH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Crystal Creek Fire burned 1,584 acres. The fire was originally started by lightning on September 24th.
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, October 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: 5372264.