A convective, but non-thunder producing squall line pushed through the Hermiston and Pendleton area. Strong winds were associated with this squall.
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The episode as NWS PDT wrote it up.
A convective, but non-thunder producing squall line pushed through the Hermiston and Pendleton area. Strong winds were associated with this squall. Spotters reported damage to roofs at the Hospital in Hermiston, as well as a shed and an electric company car was blown over. Air conditioner blown off a roof at the Hermiston Cinema. A 53 MPH wind gust reported at KHRI.
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 19, 1:54 PM PST, 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 154 PM PST FRI FEB 19 2016 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...A MODERATELY UNSTABLE NEGATIVELY TILTED LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS. THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME GRAUPEL. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE 3000 TO 3500 FEET ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES AND 4000 TO 4500 FEET OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER...BELOW 5000 FEET THE SURFACE IS WARM ENOUGH THAT SNOW IS GENERALLY NOT STICKING ON THE ROADS SO ACCUMULATIONS WILL NOT BE SIGNIFICANT TO TRAVEL. YET HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY...WHICH COULD BE AGGRAVATED BY GUSTY WINDS. WINDS WILL BE 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE FRONT WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH. MOUNTAIN SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF ON SATURDAY AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THE REGION ON SUNDAY WITH MORE RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. DRIER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN MONDAY...BUT THERE MAY BE A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S. COBB .LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. A RIDGE BUILDS JUST ALONG THE COAST MONDAY NIGHT AND THEN SHIFTS ONSHORE AND ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND SEASONAL TEMPERATURES. A WEAK DISTURBANCE SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE RIDGE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...BUT PRODUCE LITTLE IN THE WAY OF PRECIPITATION. THE RIDGE REBOUNDS FOR DRY AND A LITTLE WARMER CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BEFORE ANOTHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED BY NEXT WEEKEND. 93 && .AVIATION...00Z TAFS. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 03Z WITH SOME MVFR CEILING AND VSBYS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS. WINDS 10-20 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KTS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 04Z AND THEN DECREASE TO UNDER 10 KTS OVERNIGHT. CLOUDS WILL BE DECREASING ON SATURDAY WITH SCT-BKN MID AND HIGHER LEVEL CLOUDS BY LATE DAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... PDT 33 49 32 48 / 40 10 0 20 ALW 35 49 36 50 / 60 20 0 20 PSC 36 52 32 50 / 30 10 0 20 YKM 31 50 31 48 / 30 10 0 30 HRI 35 52 32 50 / 20 10 0 20 ELN 28 44 28 44 / 30 10 0 30 RDM 29 47 29 48 / 30 10 0 40 LGD 29 43 30 46 / 50 20 0 20 GCD 26 45 28 48 / 30 10 10 30 DLS 36 52 35 49 / 30 20 10 40 && .PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...NONE. WA...NONE. && FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON 82/93/93
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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