072  
WWUS86 KPDT 082208  
SPSPDT  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR  
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA  
308 PM PDT MON SEP 8 2025  
 
ORZ502-082245-  
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-  
308 PM PDT MON SEP 8 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL UNION COUNTY THROUGH 345  
PM PDT...  
 
AT 308 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
HILGARD, OR 7 MILES WEST OF LA GRANDE, MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
HILGARD.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.  
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE  
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.  
 
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO  
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4531 11815 4532 11833 4550 11834 4549 11805  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 187DEG 10KT 4537 11822  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
HOWARD  
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