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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Pendleton, OR

January 2, 1997Klickitat County, Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this flash flood warning at Jan 2, 1997, 5:00 AM PST for Klickitat County, Washington. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 2, 1997, 5:00 AM PST (13:00 UTC)
Expired
Jan 2, 1997, 10:00 AM PST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Pendleton, OR
Area
Whole counties

County Klickitat County, WA

The nearest sounding before it

Salem/Mcnary, OR (KSLE), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, Salem/Mcnary, OR at 12:00Z on 1997-01-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 65 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, Salem/Mcnary, OR at 12:00Z on 1997-01-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 205 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
65 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPDT 021238
FFWPDT
WAC039-021900-

BULLETIN
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
500 AM PST THU JAN 2 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS EXTENDED THE
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 1000 AM PST TODAY FOR THE
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON

   ...KLICKITAT COUNTY

...THE SMALL STREAM FLOODING WARNING CONTINUES FOR KLICKITAT COUNTY
UNTIL 10 AM TODAY.

ADDITIONAL OVERNIGHT RAINFALL HAS CAUSED THE LITTLE KLICKITAT RIVER NEAR
GOLDENDALE TO FLOOD THIS MORNING. A MOBILE HOME PARK NEAR STERLING IS
THREATENED AT THIS TIME. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT HIGHWAY 142 IS CLOSED
AT BOTH ENDS OF THE RIVER. THE LITTLE KLICKITAT WILL IN TURN FEED T0HE
KLICKITAT RIVER KEEPING IT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TODAY.

FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER MAY BE TOO GREAT
TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO PASS SAFELY.

TOBIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 1, 5:00 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningPDTKlickitat12 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Washington, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.