Strong Wind in Oregon, November 1, 2005

Name: Strong Wind in Oregon, November 1, 2005
Start: 2005-11-01T09:30
End: 2005-11-01T09:30
Location: Oregon

November 1, 2005 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A strong wind gust blew over a Ponderosa Pine Tree which fell on two mobile homes causing extensive damage at Sisters Mobile Home Park. The property damage from this event is estimated at $40,000.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $40,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS PDT wrote it up.

A strong wind gust blew over a Ponderosa Pine Tree which fell on two mobile homes causing extensive damage at Sisters Mobile Home Park. The property damage from this event is estimated at $40,000.

What forecasters said that day

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 1, 3:00 AM PST, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 1, 3:00 AM PST, 6 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 1, 5:00 AM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
500 AM PST TUE NOV 1 2005

WAZ024>030-ORZ041>050-021300-
EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES-KITTITAS VALLEY-
YAKIMA VALLEY-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS-EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON-
NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-CENTRAL OREGON-
LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-BLUE MOUNTAINS-
JOHN DAY BASIN-OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS-GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-
WALLOWA COUNTY-
500 AM PST TUE NOV 1 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 WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL WASHINGTON TODAY...WITH
A COLD FRONT CROSSING EASTERN OREGON THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
MOST AREAS WILL RECEIVE BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER INCHES
OF RAINFALL TODAY. IN ADDITION...BREEZY TO WINDY SOUTHWEST WINDS
WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH
LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

A BRIEF BREAK FROM UNSETTLED WEATHER IS IN STORE FOR WEDNESDAY...AS
THE REGION IS BETWEEN SYSTEMS. THE NEXT IN THE SERIES OF SYSTEMS WILL
CROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY...BRINGING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION.
UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL PERSIST FROM FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.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.

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.

Event by event

1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Strong Wind, Central Oregon

When: November 1, 9:30 AM PST
Where: Central Oregon forecast zone
Measured: 48 kt (55 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $40,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

What these are

Strong Wind: Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oregon in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Oregon, November 2005

Sources

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: 5480446.