High Wind — Lower Columbia Basin, Oregon

2021-01-12 to 2021-01-13 · Lower Columbia Basin, Oregon

Event narrative

A non-tstm wind gust of 62mph was measured 8 miles WSW of Echo, OR at 2:30AM PST on Jan. 13th. A non-tstm wind gust of 60mph was measured at the ASOS at the Hermiston Municipal Airport at 3:53AM PST Jan. 13th.

Wider weather episode

A potent cold front moving under a low level jet early Wednesday morning produced strong southwest wind gusts of 55 to 65 mph across Oregon and Washington during the early morning hours of January 13th, 2020.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 934996. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.