642  
WWUS86 KPDT 151638  
SPSPDT  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR  
938 AM PDT SAT AUG 15 2026  
 
ORZ044-507-151730-  
FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON OR-  
LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON OR-  
938 AM PDT SAT AUG 15 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN UMATILLA COUNTY  
THROUGH 1030 AM PDT...  
 
AT 938 AM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
ECHO, OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HERMISTON, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...PEA SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
HERMISTON, STANFIELD, AND ECHO.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
HIGHWAY 395 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 12.  
INTERSTATE 84 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 186 AND 199.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4560 11917 4564 11932 4593 11922 4593 11914  
4583 11883  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1638Z 208DEG 17KT 4571 11919  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH  
 

 
 
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