A strong wind gust knocked down trusses of a church under development in Hermiston.
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A strong wind gust knocked down trusses of a church under development in Hermiston.
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 13, 9:15 AM PST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 915 AM PST SUN FEB 13 2005 .SHORT TERM...A SHORT WAVE MOVED THROUGH LAST NIGHT ENHANCING SHOWERS OVER WASHINGTON AND OREGON. CLEARING HAS OCCURRED OVER THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN AND CENTRAL OREGON BEHIND THE WAVE. PATCHY FOG DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL OREGON WHERE COOLING TO THE DEWPOINT OCCURRED DUE TO CLEARING AND ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE OVERNIGHT PRECIPITATION. EXPECT THIS FOG TO DISSIPATE QUICKLY THIS MORNING AS SOLAR HEATING STARTS. SOME SHOWERS ARE LINGERING IN UPSLOPE FLOW OVER THE NORTHEAST OREGON MOUNTAINS AND NEAR THE CREST OF THE CASCADES. UPDATED FORECAST TO REFLECT THESE TRENDS. BROAD CYCLONIC FLOW WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY. A DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH MONDAY AND ENHANCE SHOWER ACTIVITY IN THE MOUNTAINS AGAIN. COONFIELD && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... PDT 47 31 47 23 / 20 10 10 10 ALW 50 31 49 24 / 20 10 10 0 PSC 51 27 50 21 / 10 10 10 0 YKM 48 20 49 20 / 10 10 10 10 HRI 50 28 49 22 / 10 10 10 0 ELN 47 23 44 18 / 10 10 10 10 RDM 41 22 41 17 / 20 20 10 10 LGD 40 24 37 18 / 60 20 20 10 5J0 41 27 41 18 / 50 20 10 10 DLS 51 30 51 24 / 10 10 10 0 && .PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .OR...NONE. .WA...NONE. && TI:GGG FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON 76/
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 515 AM PST SUN FEB 13 2005 ORZ041>050-WAZ024>030-141300- 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-EAST 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- 515 AM PST SUN FEB 13 2005 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. A MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK OVER OREGON WILL BRING NUMEROUS RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AND THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WASHINGTON. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 3000-3500 FEET. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION OF SNOW WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS WHERE 2-4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THE UPPER LEVEL JET WILL MOVE INTO IDAHO LATE TODAY WITH SHOWERS TAPERING OFF TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. COLD AND DRY AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. MEANWHILE...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL POSITION ITSELF OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST. PRECIPITATION FROM THE LOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL OREGON WEDNESDAY THEN OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION LATER IN THE WEEK. .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/CURRENTHAZARDS/HWO.HTML ALL LETTERS IN THE ABOVE URL ARE LOWER CASE...EXCEPT THE H IN CURRENTHAZARDS.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
807 AM PST SUN FEB 13 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 AM SNOW 1 SW MEACHAM 45.49N 118.44W
02/13/2005 4.0 INCH UMATILLA OR TRAINED SPOTTER
4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW SINCE SATURDAY EVENING AT MEACHAM
LAKE. ELEVATION 3820 FEET.
0642 AM SNOW FLORA 45.88N 117.30W
02/13/2005 2.0 INCH WALLOWA OR DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW SINCE SATURDAY EVENING. ELEVATION
4300 FEET.
0649 AM SNOW 8 NW UKIAH 45.22N 119.05W
02/13/2005 3.0 INCH UMATILLA OR DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW AT BATTLE MOUNTAIN SUMMIT SINCE
SATURDAY EVENING. ELEVATION 4254 FEET.
0715 AM SNOW 1 SE PRINEVILLE 44.29N 120.83W
02/13/2005 1.0 INCH CROOK OR TRAINED SPOTTER
1 INCH OF NEW SNOW SINCE SATURDAY EVENING. ELEVATION 2880
FEET.
&&
JASPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1041 AM PST SUN FEB 13 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 AM SNOW 1 SW MEACHAM 45.49N 118.44W
02/13/2005 4.0 INCH UMATILLA OR TRAINED SPOTTER
4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW SINCE SATURDAY EVENING AT MEACHAM
LAKE. ELEVATION 3820 FEET.
0642 AM SNOW FLORA 45.88N 117.30W
02/13/2005 2.0 INCH WALLOWA OR DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW SINCE SATURDAY EVENING. ELEVATION
4300 FEET.
0649 AM SNOW 8 NW UKIAH 45.22N 119.05W
02/13/2005 3.0 INCH UMATILLA OR DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW AT BATTLE MOUNTAIN SUMMIT SINCE
SATURDAY EVENING. ELEVATION 4254 FEET.
0700 AM SNOW JOSEPH 45.35N 117.23W
02/13/2005 4.0 INCH WALLOWA OR CO-OP OBSERVER
4.0 INCHES OF NEW SNOW SINCE SATURDAY EVENING. ELEVATION
4086 FEET.
0715 AM SNOW 1 SE PRINEVILLE 44.29N 120.83W
02/13/2005 1.0 INCH CROOK OR TRAINED SPOTTER
1 INCH OF NEW SNOW SINCE SATURDAY EVENING. ELEVATION 2880
FEET.
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JASThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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