High Wind — Grand Ronde Valley, Oregon

2012-12-20 · Grand Ronde Valley, 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 418730. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.