High Wind — Foothills of the Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon, Oregon

2012-12-20 · Foothills of the Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon, Oregon

Wider weather episode

South and southeast pressure gradients produced very strong winds across several areas of northeast Oregon.

Damage and wind speeds in MPH reported include: winds blew solar panels from a roof of a house off 2 miles ESE of Pendleton, a mesonet measured a gust of (68) near Long Creek, metal siding torn off the side of a barn by strong winds 2 miles WSW of Cayuse, large trees knocked down and a measured (63) wind gust in Heppner, a mesonet measured a wind gust of (58) in the city of Union, a mesonet measured a wind gust of (61) 5 SE of Milton-Freewater, a mesonet measured a wind gust of (85) near Ruggs, another mesonet near Ruggs measured a gust of (83), a mesonet in Lexington measured a gust of (58), newspaper reported a tractor trailer blown over near mission and the I-84 and SR-218 were closed due to traffic, hazardous trees were across SR 237 just 2 miles W of Cove, a mesonet near Pilot Rock measured a wind gust of (66), a mesonet 11 miles SSE of La Grande measured a wind gust of (59), an AWOS in La Grande measured a wind gust of (58), a 6 inch diameter tree was blown down and an 11 foot long aluminum gate was blown off its hinges 1 mile E of Cove, a mesonet 9 WSW of fox measured a gust of (67 ), 4 semi-trucks were blown over on I-84 6 miles E of Pendleton, and a 50ft spruce tree was blown over clipping power lines and was set on fire causing a local neighborhood in Pendleton to be temporarily evacuated.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 418728. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.