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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Pendleton, OR

July 2, 1998Grant County, Union County, Oregon

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1998, 3:53 PM PDT for Grant County, Union County, Oregon. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 1998, 3:53 PM PDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 1998, 4:55 PM PDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Pendleton, OR
Area: Whole counties

Counties Grant County, OR, Union County, OR

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 2, 5:00 PM PDT	Hail 1	La Grande Arpt, OR	One inch hail was reported ten miles south of La Grande in Ladd Canyon.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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 2, 2:30 PM PDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:30 PM PDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 3:48 PM PDT, 5 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 1, 7:13 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	PDT	Crook	2 hr
Jul 2, 3:12 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Grant	43 min
Jul 2, 3:29 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	PDT	Grant	2 hr
Jul 2, 4:55 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Union	35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.