Lightning sparked a wildfire over the southern Blue Mountains of Oregon on July 14th around 1:45 PM PDT. The fire burned 7,175 Acres, and was estimated to be contained by July 28th.
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The episode as NWS PDT wrote it up.
Lightning sparked a wildfire over the southern Blue Mountains of Oregon on July 14th around 1:45 PM PDT. The fire burned 7,175 Acres, and was estimated to be contained by July 28th.
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 Jul 14, 9:09 AM PST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1009 AM PDT MON JUL 14 2014 UPDATED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION .SHORT TERM...UPDATE...AN UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS WASHINGTON STATE TODAY. THIS LOW WILL CAUSE AN INCREASING WEST FLOW ACROSS THE REGION AS IT TRACKS EAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN A GRADUAL DRYING OUT AND STABILIZATION OF THE REGION. WILL CONTINUE TO INDICATE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE WASHINGTON CASCADE EAST SLOPES AND OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. THE CONVECTION OVER THE WASHINGTON CASCADE EAST SLOPES SHOULD LARGELY BE DONE BY NOON, MEANWHILE WILL SEE A GRADUAL END FROM THE WEST FOR THE CONVECTION OVER NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. HAVE HUNG ON TO SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER WALLOWA COUNTY THIS EVENING, BUT WILL REEVALUATE THESE FOR THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE AS THESE SHOWERS/STORMS MAY BE DONE BY LATE AFTERNOON. WILL SEE LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE CASCADE GAPS. TEMPS WILL BE A BIT COOLER TODAY, BUT WILL WARM AGAIN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THUS WILL CONTINUE THE HEAT ADVISORIES. UPDATES THIS MORNING FOR TODAY PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON LOCATION OF SHOWERS/STORMS AND A FEW HIGH TEMP ADJUSTMENTS. 90 .LONG TERM...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW SETS UP OVER THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH DRY CONDITIONS. THE DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD AS WELL AS SOMEWHAT COOLER TEMPERATURES. A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WESTERN CANADA ON THURSDAY AND DEEPEN SLIGHTLY ON FRIDAY. WITH MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS WELL TO OUR NORTH, THE MAIN EFFECT WILL BE TO SUPPRESS THE RIDGE TO THE SOUTH AND HAVING TEMPERATURES COOL AND CAUSING SOME BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS. WE REMAIN IN THE WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH SUNDAY WITH SOME SOME LIMITED MOISTURE MOVING THROUGH AT TIMES. && .AVIATION...18Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SCT-BKN MID AND HIGH CLOUDS FOR KPSC...KALW...AND KPDT. WEST OF THESE TAF SITE CAN EXPECT FEW CLOUDS TO CLEAR SKIES. WINDS AT KDLS WILL BE 10-20 KTS GUSTING 25-30KTS...WITH 10-15 KT WINDS AT OTHER SITES. WEBER && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... PDT 98 68 100 67 / 20 10 0 0 ALW 99 73 102 73 / 20 10 0 0 PSC 103 69 104 70 / 10 0 0 0 YKM 98 70 100 69 / 10 0 0 0 HRI 102 67 103 67 / 10 0 0 0 ELN 99 61 100 58 / 10 0 0 0 RDM 94 54 97 55 / 0 0 0 0 LGD 93 62 93 60 / 20 10 0 0 GCD 97 62 95 61 / 10 10 0 0 DLS 96 69 101 68 / 10 0 0 0 && .PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PDT WEDNESDAY ORZ041-044-507. WA...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PDT WEDNESDAY WAZ024-026>029. && FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON 90/93/89
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1107 AM PDT MON JUL 14 2014
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0507 PM HAIL 3 SE BEND 44.04N 121.26W
07/13/2014 M1.00 INCH DESCHUTES OR BROADCAST MEDIA
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZED DAMAGED GARDEN.
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HULLThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
InciWeb information.
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