700 FPUS76 KPDT 132140 NOWPDT SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 240 PM PDT MON MAY 13 2013 ORZ049-050-502-WAZ030-140045- GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-WALLOWA COUNTY- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COVE...ELGIN...LA GRANDE...UNION... ENTERPRISE...JOSEPH...WALLOWA...MEACHAM...TOLLGATE... SKI BLUEWOOD RESORT 240 PM PDT MON MAY 13 2013 .NOW... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THESE STORMS ARE CONCENTRATED OVER SOUTHEAST UNION COUNTY AND ALL OF WALLOWA COUNTY. SO FAR THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN WEAK TO MODERATE. HOWEVER...IT IS EXPECTED THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THE VICINITY OF AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING...AFTER WHICH THUNDERSTORMS WILL DISSIPATE. $$ |