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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Portland, OR

July 9, 1995Jefferson County, Wheeler County, Oregon

NWS Portland, OR issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 1995, 11:38 AM PDT for Jefferson County, Wheeler County, Oregon. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 1995, 11:38 AM PDT (18:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1995, 12:45 PM PDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Portland, OR
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jefferson County, OR, Wheeler County, OR

The nearest sounding before it

Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 372 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Boise Airport, ID at 12:00Z on 1995-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 111 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Boise Airport, ID at 12:00Z on 1995-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-369 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1389 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
298 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Portland, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 5:55 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRGilliam, Sherman34 min
Jul 8, 6:03 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRHood River26 min
Jul 8, 9:27 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRJefferson, Wasco63 min
Jul 9, 11:38 AM PDTFlash Flood WarningPQRGilliam, Sherman, Wasco67 min
Jul 9, 11:38 AM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRGilliam, Sherman, Wasco, Wheeler67 min
Jul 9, 11:38 AM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRJefferson48 min
Jul 9, 12:47 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningPQRGilliam43 min
Jul 9, 12:47 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRGilliam43 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.