Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Pendleton, OR

Issued

Jun 27, 2001, 4:24 PM PDT (23:24 UTC)

Expired

Jun 27, 2001, 5:15 PM PDT

In force

51 min

Issued by

NWS Pendleton, OR

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Benton County, WA

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS56 KPDT 272328
SVRPDT

WAC005-280015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
424 PM PDT WED JUN 27 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN AND NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL 
  WASHINGTON

* UNTIL 515 PM PDT

* AT 424 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF SUNNYSIDE...MOVING   
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY AT 440 PM PDT
  RURAL NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY AT 510 PM PDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. 
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL 
AND THE CITY HALL IN MABTON REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL WITH THIS 
STORM.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TA-KE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 4635 12008 4622 11990 4649 11946 4663 11967

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RSC

NWS Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 27, 3:30 PM PDT, 54 minutes earlier.

NORTHEAST OREGON/SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
330 PM PDT WED JUN 27 2001

DECREASING CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON ALLOWED SOLAR HEATING OF THE
RESIDUAL MOISTURE IN THE LOWER AND MID LEVELS IN EASTERN OREGON AND
WASHINGTON. THE DRIER AIR ALSO PROVIDED SOME INSTABILITY AND
HELPED SPAWN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE
CASCADES THROUGH THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. ONE INCH HAIL AND SOME WIND
DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN YAKIMA COUNTY FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE
WARNING FOR THAT STORM HAS EXPIRED. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING
NORTHEAST IN THE RATHER STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND SHOULD
DISSIPATE AROUND SUNSET WHEN THE SOLAR HEATING DIMINISHES. OTHERWISE
EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS TONIGHT. WITH MORE DRY AIR ALOFT
TOMORROW...CLOUDS SHOULD DIMINISH WITH ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS
LINGERING OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. WILL CONTINUE CARRYING
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS
THE SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL PROVIDE UPSLOPE FLOW INTO THE BLUES DURING
MAXIMUM HEATING. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT THE SAME
AS TODAY...AS THE CLOSED LOW ALOFT STAYS OFF THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF
BRITISH COLUMBIA...AND THE ASSOCIATED COOLER AIR CONTINUES TO FLOW
OVER THE PACIFIC NW. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO REBOUND FRIDAY WITH
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST U.S.  FARMER

PDT 4100  ALW 4100  PSC 4100  YKM 41200

.KPDT...WSR-88D...VCP21/CSR21...OPERATIONAL.

.KPDT...NONE.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Washington, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.