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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
942 PM PST FRI FEB 20 2026
ORZ049-220000-
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/O.CON.KPDT.HW.A.0001.260222T0600Z-260223T0600Z/
GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ELGIN, LA GRANDE, COVE, AND UNION
942 PM PST FRI FEB 20 2026
..WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...FOR THE WIND ADVISORY, SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
UP TO 45 MPH EXPECTED. FOR THE HIGH WIND WATCH, SOUTH WINDS 30 TO
40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...GRANDE RONDE VALLEY.
* WHEN...FOR THE WIND ADVISORY, FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. FOR
THE HIGH WIND WATCH, FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...DAMAGING WINDS COULD BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.
WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT,
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. TREE LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN AND A FEW POWER
OUTAGES MAY RESULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT THE SOUTHERN
END OF THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY, ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF LADD
AND PYLES CANYONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
ORZ507-220000-
/O.CON.KPDT.HW.A.0001.260222T0600Z-260223T0600Z/
FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ATHENA, PILOT ROCK, AND PENDLETON
942 PM PST FRI FEB 20 2026
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...SOUTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON.
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...DAMAGING WINDS COULD BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.
WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT,
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE SLOPES
AND BASE OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS, INCLUDING ALONG
INTERSTATE 84 IN THE VICINITY OF CABBAGE HILL. SIGNIFICANTLY
LIGHTER WINDS ARE FORECAST AWAY FROM THE MOUNTAINS IN PENDLETON,
PILOT ROCK, AND MILTON-FREEWATER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES.
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