Wind gusts up to 52 MPH one mile north of Union snapped one to four inch diameter tree limbs.
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Wind gusts up to 52 MPH one mile north of Union snapped one to four inch diameter tree limbs.
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 Nov 14, 8:39 PM PST, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OREGON 839 PM PST SUN NOV 14 2004 .DISCUSSION...HIGH AMPLITUDE PATTERN CONTINUES OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND THE WESTERN U.S. THIS EVENING...WITH A SHARP RIDGE OVER THE WEST. A FEW SHOWERS ARE IMBEDDED WITHIN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES AND KITTITAS VALLEY...OTHERWISE THE AREA REMAINS FAIRLY DRY. UPDATED EARLIER TO ADD ISOLATED SHOWERS TO THE KITTITAS VALLEY AND SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE EAST SLOPE ZONES. BATCHES OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...THOUGH THESE CLOUDS HAVE BEEN THINNING AS THEY CROSS THE RIDGE AXIS CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER THE COLUMBIA BASIN. LOW LEVEL INVERSIONS ARE TRYING TO SET UP OVER THE BASIN. THUS MAY SEE SOME FOG DEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT THOUGH THE MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER SHOULD LIMIT COVERAGE. WILL UPDATE TO INDICATE PATCHY FOG IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN. GKH && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... PENDLETON (AIRPORT) 041 049 040 046 / 005 020 020 010 WALLA WALLA 039 048 038 046 / 005 020 020 010 TRI-CITIES 040 051 039 048 / 005 020 020 010 YAKIMA 036 051 035 049 / 010 020 020 010 HERMISTON 040 050 039 046 / 005 020 020 010 ELLENSBURG 035 045 034 043 / 020 020 020 010 REDMOND 033 049 034 050 / 005 020 020 020 LA GRANDE 037 049 036 047 / 000 020 020 020 JOHN DAY 040 048 039 048 / 000 020 020 020 THE DALLES 044 050 043 046 / 010 020 020 010 && .PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY FOR THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN AND BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS THROUGH TONIGHT. WA...AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY FOR THE YAKIMA VALLEY...THE KITTITAS VALLEY...LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN...AND BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS THROUGH TONIGHT. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OREGON 445 AM PST SUN NOV 14 2004 ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-151300- NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-CENTRAL OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN (OR)- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS (OR)-BLUE MOUNTAINS-JOHN DAY BASIN- OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS-GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-WALLOWA COUNTY- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE (WA)- EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES-KITTITAS VALLEY-YAKIMA VALLEY- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN (WA)-FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS (WA)- NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS- 445 AM PST SUN NOV 14 2004 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. THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM ALOFT THAT HAS BEEN OVER THE REGION DURING THE PAST WEEK WILL WEAKEN SOME TODAY AS A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER. HOWEVER SURFACE BASED INVERSIONS WILL PERSIST OVER THE COLUMBIA BASIN...YAKIMA AND KITTITAS VALLEYS AND THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS. THESE AREAS STILL HAVE AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. REFER TO AWIPS ID PDXASAPDT...OR WMO HEADER AEUS46 KPDT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. ELSEWHERE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH DECREASING LOW CLOUDS BUT INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS. LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE WASHINGTON CASCADES TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE MAINLY OVER THE CASCADES AND EASTERN OREGON MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL OREGON PLATEAU. ELSEWHERE IT WILL REMAIN CLOUDY AND INVERSIONS WILL PERSIST IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN...YAKIMA AND KITTITAS VALLEYS AND THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS. .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. PROTOTYPE GRAPHICAL FORECASTS OF WEATHER HAZARDS OUT TO SEVEN DAYS ARE DISPLAYED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT: WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PENDLETON/FORECAST/HWOGRAPHICS/HWOGRAPHICS.PHP ALL LETTERS IN THE ABOVE URL ARE LOWER CASE...EXCEPT THE G IN HWOGRAPHICS AND THE G IN HWOGRAPHICS.PHP.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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