Narrative.
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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 episode as NWS PQR wrote it up.
Narrative.
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 Portland, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 2, 2:00 AM PST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 300 AM PDT WED JUL 2 2008 .SYNOPSIS...UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER EASTERN OREGON TODAY AHEAD OF APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH OFFSHORE. FAIRLY STRONG SHORT WAVE MOVES AROUND TROUGH AND WILL TRIGGER INSTABILITY OVER CASCADES THIS AFTERNOON. CONVECTION WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING OVER THE CASCADES THEN SPREAD INTO THE NORTH INTERIOR LATER TONIGHT AS SHORT WAVE APPROACHES. LINGERING CONVECTION OVER THE NORTH INTERIOR THURSDAY MORNING WILL CLEAR BY MIDDAY. HIGH PRESSURE ALONG COAST WITH THERMAL TROUGH OVER EASTERN OREGON THURSDAY WILL INCREASE ONSHORE FLOW OVER THE AREA AND DEEPEN MARINE AIR MASS. MAIN UPPER TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE COAST LATER THURSDAY NIGHT AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY. THIS WILL GIVE PRECIPITATION THREAT TO THE AREA LATER THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY BEFORE DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. ONSHORE FLOW WILL KEEP FAIRLY SOLID MARINE AIR MASS OVER AREA FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OFFSHORE SATURDAY AND ALLOW MARINE AIR MASS TO BREAK SOME OVER INLAND AREAS. A WEAK FRONT WILL BRUSH THE COAST ON SUNDAY WITH CONTINUED ONSHORE FLOW FOR THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS MONDAY AND TUESDAY DECREASING THE ONSHORE FLOW. && .SHORT TERM...UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER EASTERN ORE TODAY. THIS WILL BRING SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR MASS TO AREA AND SUPPRESS THE MARINE AIR MASS ALONG THE COAST. LITTLE INLAND PENETRATION THIS MORNING WITH MAIN PUSH INLAND DOWN COL RIVER W OF KPDX. MARINE AIR REMAINS SOLID ALONG THE COAST TODAY THOUGH SOME CLEARING LIKELY N WHERE ONSHORE FLOW IS THE WEAKEST. S FLOW ALOFT INCREASES WITH BUILDING RIDGE AND AHEAD OF FAIRLY STRONG SHORT WAVE MOVING AROUND APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH. 65 TO 70 KT JET ASSOCIATED WITH SHORT WAVE APPROACHES S ORE COAST LATE TODAY. THIS WILL TRIGGER TSTMS OVER CASCADES THIS AFTERNOON. TSTMS WILL BLOSSOM THIS EVE AS SHORT WAVE APPROACHES. EXPECT MORE PRECIPITATION WITH TSTMS THEN GFS/NAM SHOW. AS JET CORE AND SHORT WAVE MOVE INTO SW ORE LATE TONIGHT FLOW BACKS AROUND ENOUGH TO MOVE TSTMS THREAT INTO N INTERIOR. THE TSTMS THREAT CONTINUES INTO THU MORNING BEFORE SHORT WAVE LIFTS N INTO WESTERN WA BY MIDDAY. MARINE AIR A LITTLE DEEPER WED NIGHT AND THU MORNING ESPECIALLY S PART WHERE ONSHORE IS STRONGER. SOME INLAND PUSH OF MARINE CLOUDS POSSIBLE SOUTHERN VALLEYS THU MORNING. ONSHORE FLOW STRONGER THU AFTERNOON AS THERMAL TROUGH STRENGTHENS OVER EASTERN ORE. SOLID MARINE CLOUDS ALONG ALL THE COAST THU WITH COOLER TEMPS INLAND. WILL LEAVE A SLIGHT RISK OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS NEAR CASCADE CREST THU AFTERNOON THOUGH MAIN THREAT WILL HAVE MOVED E. TSTMS TRANSITION TO SCATTERED SHOWERS THU EVE AS MAIN UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES. MARINE AIR MASS DEEPENS AND PUSHES INLAND THU NIGHT. LOW LEVEL FRONTAL ZONE WITH UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO COAST LATE THU NIGHT AND ACROSS THE AREA FRI MORNING. THIS WILL GIVE PRECIPITATION THREAT TO AREA WITH BEST THREAT COAST AND CASCADES FRI MORNING. WILL GO WITH PRECIPITATION THREAT ENDING FRI AFTERNOON EXCEPT FOR LINGERING SHOWERS NORTHERN COAST. FAIRLY STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL KEEP LOTS OF CLOUDS FOR THE AREA THROUGH FRI WITH JUST PARTIAL CLEARING FAR S. KOSOVITZ .LONG TERM...NO CHANGES. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES EXPECTED WITH A DEEP TROUGH MOVING INTO THE PAC NW. SLIGHT CHANCE FOR POPS AT TIMES AS ENERGY ROTATES AROUND AN UPPER LOW AND ITS ATTENDANT PAC SYSTEM. AFTER FRIDAY LOOKS PRETTY DRY AND A LITTLE WARMER. WOLFE && .AVIATION...A WEAKENING...NORTHWARD MOVING SHORTWAVE WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE SOME MID LEVEL CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING. OTHERWISE A SHALLOW MARINE LAYER RESTS AGAINST THE COAST THIS MORNING. WILL HAVE SOLID IFR CIGS AT THE COAST UNTIL MID/LATE MORNING BEFORE BURNING BACK OFF THE COAST LIKE YESTERDAY. MARINE LAYER IS SHALLOWER THAN YESTERDAY SO NOT MUCH INLAND PROGRESSION IS EXPECTED. SOME SOLID IFR STRATUS IS POSSIBLE TO ABOUT KELSO BY SUNRISE. FURTHER INLAND THERE MAY BE SOME SCT CLOUDS AROUND 1K FT IN THE VICINITY OF KPDX...BUT THAT SHOULD BE IT FOR LOW CLOUDS INLAND. KPDX AND APPROACHES...VFR EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. DALTON && .MARINE...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO SPEAK OF. PREV DISCUSSION FOLLOWS...HIGH PRESSURE ALONG AND JUST OFF THE COAST FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH LOWER PRESSURE WELL INLAND WILL KEEP LIGHT ONSHORE WINDS GOING FOR A WHILE WITH SEAS HOVERING AROUND 3 OR 4 FT. BOTH WINDS AND SEAS STAY WELL BELOW SMALL CRAFT LEVELS FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THE VERY LOW SEAS WILL ALSO SUPPRESS SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS ON THE COLUMBIA BAR DESPITE STRONG EBBS. && .PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR/WA...NONE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT POPS (PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION) AST -2234 PDX -2222 SLE -2-22 EUG 11-22 MORE WEATHER INFORMATION ONLINE AT... Http://weather.gov/portland THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FROM THE CASCADE CREST TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. THE AREA IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE FORECAST AREA.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 546 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2008 ORZ001>014-PZZ210-WAZ019>023-039-040-021300- NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST- COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON- CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA- GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY- SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE- NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES- CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY- UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-WILLAPA HILLS-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I- 5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA- SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS- 546 AM PDT TUE JUL 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON...NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COASTAL WATERS AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Firefighters responded to a greenhouse fire, which had been struck by lightning. The greenhouse was completely destroyed, but the nearby home was saved.
A lightning strike damaged electrical and computer equipment at a sewage treatment plant, causing a back-up in sewage treatment and discharge, as well as extensive damage.
Lightning struck the Walt Morey Middle School, damaging some of the computer systems.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, July 2008
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: 123723, 123714, 123717.