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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Pendleton, OR

July 31, 1997Deschutes County, Oregon

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 1997, 7:04 PM PDT for Deschutes County, Oregon. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 31, 1997, 7:04 PM PDT (02:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 1997, 8:00 PM PDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Pendleton, OR
Area: Whole counties

County Deschutes County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 237 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 31, 2:07 PM PDT, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 2:07 PM PDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 31, 2:56 PM PDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 31, 5:14 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Jefferson, Wasco	61 min
Jul 31, 5:27 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Union, Wallowa	63 min
Jul 31, 6:18 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Wasco	27 min
Jul 31, 6:37 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Grant, Morrow	53 min
Jul 31, 6:53 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Union	67 min
Aug 1, 4:16 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Wheeler	59 min
Aug 1, 4:42 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Grant	63 min
Aug 1, 4:45 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Jefferson, Wasco	60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.