1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 23, 7:30 PM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 830 PM PDT TUE SEP 23 2003 A WEAK UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE BROUGHT A FEW HIGH CLOUDS OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NE OREGON AND INCREASED WIND THROUGH THE CASCADE PASSES AND THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE TODAY. SURFACE WINDS ARE DECOUPLING FROM WINDS ALOFT WITH WINDS DECREASING IN THESE AREAS. OVERALL...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND WINDS LESS THAN 15 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE REGION TONIGHT. EARLY MORNING LOWS WILL BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW THIS MORNINGS LOWS. VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. NO UPDATES PLANNED FOR ZONE OR STATE FORECAST. SMITH PDT 0000 ALW 0000 PSC 0000 YKM 0000 .KPDT...NONE.
ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-241200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 500 AM PDT TUE SEP 23 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Crystal Creek Fire was a lightning sparked fire which burned 1,584 acres. The fire became completely contained on October 14th.
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, September 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: 5337181.