High Wind — Lower Columbia Basin, Washington

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

Event narrative

A non-tstm wind gust of 76mph was measured 19 miles N of West Richland, WA at 12:45am PST on Jan. 13th. A non-tstm wind gust of 69mph was measured 8 miles NW of West Richland, WA at 5:30am PST on Jan. 13th. A social media report originating 10.8 miles N of Pasco, WA indicated that power poles were down at 4:44am PST on Jan. 13th. Another social media report originating from Prosser, WA indicated that there was damage to a roof at an estimated time of 2:35am PST on 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 935025. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.