Strong Pacific storm system produced locally damaging winds in the state of Washington the afternoon of Oct. 13, 2020.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 PDT wrote it up.
Strong Pacific storm system produced locally damaging winds in the state of Washington the afternoon of Oct. 13, 2020.
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 Oct 13, 12:30 PM PST, 26 minutes earlier.
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A non-tstm wind gust of 75 mph was measured 13 miles WNW of Bickleton, WA at 1256 PST. A non-tstm wind gust of 61 mph was measured 5 miles ENE of Maryhill, WA at 1522 PST.
A non-tstm wind gust of 62 mph was measured 1 mile SW of Kahlotus, WA at 1415 PST. A non-tstm wind gust of 70 mph was measured 8 miles NW of West Richland, WA at 1515 PST.
Power outages due to strong winds in Sunnyside, WA and Toppenish, WA.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Washington in 2020Every state in 2020This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, October 2020
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: 921122, 921123, 921121.