1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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 Aug 29, 5:00 PM PST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
600 PM PDT TUE AUG 29 2006
UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY BRINGING WITH IT AN UNSEASONABLY COOL AIR MASS. BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO ADVISORY LEVELS IN THE LOWER
COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON...THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...AND THE OREGON
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED
SHORTLY FOR THOSE AREAS. A WIND ADVISORY IN THE KITTITAS VALLEY AND
A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL OREGON...THE LOWER
COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON...AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS
OF OREGON AND WASHINGTON REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING
AS WELL. SNOW LEVELS LOWER DRAMATICALLY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED OR NONEXISTENT EXCEPT FOR
THE WASHINGTON CASCADES WHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED LATE
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. EXPECT SNOW SHOWERS THERE ABOVE ABOUT 6000
FEET...MAINLY NEAR THE CREST. TOMORROW NIGHT NEAR RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR MANY LOCATIONS...AND A FREEZE IS
POSSIBLE FOR COLDER LOCATIONS IN CENTRAL OREGON. THURSDAY NIGHT WILL
AGAIN BE COLD IN MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. FRIDAY A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
DEVELOPS BEGINNING A WARMING TREND. 80
.LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
TRAVERSES THE CWA FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON BRINGING
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AND HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S BACK INTO THE
AREA. GFS IS INDICATING A WEAK SHORTWAVE ENTERING FROM THE SOUTHWEST
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THE VORT MAX HAS SOME ENERGY TO THE
CASCADES AND CENTRAL OREGON AREAS...BUT THE ONLY MOISTURE AVAILABLE
IS AT 500 MB. THUS HIGH CLOUDS AND VIRGA MAY BE THE ONLY ORDER OF
THE DAY AND HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO ADD ANY WX OR INCREASE POPS THROUGH
BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK.
MADE SOME MINOR CHANGES TO THE GRIDS MAINLY RAISING TEMPS FOR
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY GIVEN WARM AIR ADVECTION INTO THE AREA BY
AFOREMENTIONED GFS SOLUTION. 77
.FIRE WEATHER...COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER RH/S WILL PROVIDE
SOME RELIEF TO THE ACTIVE FIRES IN OUR AREA THROUGH THURSDAY.
UNFORTUNATELY...DRY AND UNSEASONABLY HOT CONDITIONS WILL RETURN BY
THE END OF THE WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND. RH/S WILL LOWER BACK INTO
THE TEENS OVER MOST OF THE AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE MOVING OVER THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE
GRADIENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER TROUGH WILL KEEP BREEZY TO
WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING IN THE KITTITAS AND YAKIMA
VALLEYS...THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...THE LOWER COLUMBIA
BASIN AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS IN OREGON/WASHINGTON.
THE EASTERN COLUMBIA GORGE AND THE KITTITAS VALLEY WILL HAVE
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OVER 25 KNOTS AT TIMES THIS EVENING...WITH
LOCAL GUSTS TO 30-37 KNOTS. WINDS WILL BE DECREASING AFTER 06Z
(1100 PM PDT) TONIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS ACROSS AREAS IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE CASCADES IN CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND IN CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL OREGON.
HOWEVER...IN THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN IN OREGON AND ALONG THE
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND IN JEFFERSON...SHERMAN AND
WASCO COUNTIES IN OREGON VISIBILITIES OF 3-5SM WILL OCCUR THIS
EVENING UNTIL AROUND 03Z (8 PM PDT) DUE TO BLOWING RESULTING IN MVFR
CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY IN LIFR CONDITIONS NEAR RECENTLY PLOWED
FIELDS. VISIBILITIES IN THESE AREAS WILL IMPROVE TO VFR CONDITIONS
BY 03Z...BUT WITH SOME BLOWING DUSTS STILL AIRBORNE THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING. POLAN
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
PDT 52 70 47 76 / 0 10 10 10
ALW 56 70 51 77 / 0 10 10 0
PSC 54 73 42 78 / 0 10 10 0
YKM 48 70 41 77 / 0 10 10 0
HRI 53 72 45 78 / 0 10 10 0
ELN 51 67 44 75 / 0 10 10 10
RDM 39 67 31 75 / 10 10 10 0
LGD 49 67 42 73 / 10 20 20 10
5J0 46 70 39 76 / 20 20 10 0
DLS 55 70 49 78 / 10 10 10 0
&&
.PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ORZ042-
ORZ044-ORZ501.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR ORZ041-ORZ044-
ORZ501.
WA...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WAZ029.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR WAZ024-WAZ026.
&&
TI:GGG
FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT...
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON
80/77/99HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
255 PM PDT TUE AUG 29 2006
ORZ041-WAZ024-501-502-026>030-ORZ042>044-049-050-501>506-301215-
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-
EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL CASCADES OF WASHINGTON-
EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON-
KITTITAS VALLEY-YAKIMA VALLEY-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS-NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-CENTRAL OREGON-
LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-WALLOWA COUNTY-
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
NORTHERN WHEELER AND SOUTHERN GILLIAM COUNTIES-JOHN DAY BASIN-
OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS-
255 PM PDT TUE AUG 29 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON
AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.
.DAY ONE... THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
BLOWING DUST
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON, NORTH CENTRAL
OREGON, LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON, FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE
MOUNTAINS OF OREGON
THUNDERSTORMS
WALLOWA COUNTY, JOHN DAY BASIN, OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS
STRONG WIND
KITTITAS VALLEY, COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE,
LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON, FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE
MOUNTAINS OF OREGON
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL WILL CAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST
OREGON THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING DUST REDUCING
VISIBILITY TO AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER MILE NEAR PLOWED FIELDS IN NORTH
CENTRAL OREGON AND THE OREGON COLUMBIA BASIN. IN THE KITTITAS VALLEY
AND COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE WINDS WILL REMAIN AT ADVISORY LEVELS
THROUGH THE EVENING. FOR FURTHER DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO PRODUCT
PDXNPWPDT (WMO HEADER WWUS76 KPDT).
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THE UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND EXIT BY
THURSDAY. AS THE TROUGH PASSES THROUGH THE AREA A FEW SHOWERS WILL
BE POSSIBLE...AGAIN MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD OVER THE REGION STARTING THURSDAY FOR A RETURN TO DRY AND
GRADUALLY WARMER CONDITIONS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR LOW VISIBILITIES DUE TO
BLOWING DUST THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING.
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.1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Baker Canyon Fire was started by lightning on August 29, 15 miles east of Warm Springs. It burned into September.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, August 2006
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: 5529142.