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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Pendleton, OR

December 26, 2006Yakima County, Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this winter storm warning at Dec 26, 2006, 1:27 AM PST for Yakima County, Washington. It was in force for 26 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
Dec 26, 2006, 1:27 AM PST (09:27 UTC)
Expired
Dec 27, 2006, 3:22 AM PST
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS Pendleton, OR

County Yakima County, WA

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Dec 25, 10:03 PM PST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 10:03 PM PST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 2:49 PM PST, 10 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
249 PM PST MON DEC 25 2006

ORZ041-WAZ024-501-502-026>030-ORZ042>044-049-050-501>506-261345-
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-
EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL CASCADES OF WASHINGTON-
EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON-
KITTITAS VALLEY-YAKIMA VALLEY-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS-NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-CENTRAL OREGON-
LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-WALLOWA COUNTY-
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
NORTHERN WHEELER AND SOUTHERN GILLIAM COUNTIES-JOHN DAY BASIN-
OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS-
249 PM PST MON DEC 25 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON
AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SNOW
     CENTRAL OREGON

A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARD THE OREGON COAST
TONIGHT...CREATING AN UPSLOPE FLOW OVER CENTRAL OREGON. EXPECT
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 3500 FEET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SNOW TUESDAY
     EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL CASCADES OF WASHINGTON, EAST SLOPES
     OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON, KITTITAS VALLEY

THE WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWEST TOWARD THE
WASHINGTON CASCADES...BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE EAST
SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES AND KITTITAS VALLEY TUESDAY
NIGHT. 6 TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE EAST SLOPES
OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES...AND 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS POSSIBLE
IN THE KITTITAS VALLEY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

GRAPHICAL FORECASTS OF WEATHER HAZARDS OUT TO SEVEN DAYS
ARE DISPLAYED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT:

WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PENDLETON/CURRENTHAZARDS/HWO.HTML

ALL LETTERS IN THE ABOVE URL ARE LOWER CASE...EXCEPT THE H IN
CURRENTHAZARDS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 1:27 AM PSTHeavy Snow WarningPDTKittitas, Yakima26 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Washington, 2006Every winter storm warning in 2006

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.