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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Pendleton, OR

January 5, 2007Gilliam County, Sherman County, Wasco County, Oregon; Kittitas County, Klickitat County, Yakima County, Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this winter storm warning at Jan 5, 2007, 4:04 AM PST for Gilliam County, Sherman County, Wasco County, Oregon; Kittitas County, Klickitat County, Yakima County, Washington. It took effect at Jan 5, 2007, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 18 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 5, 2007, 4:04 AM PST (12:04 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 5, 2007, 4:00 PM PST
Expired
Jan 6, 2007, 10:00 AM PST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Pendleton, OR

Counties Gilliam County, OR, Sherman County, OR, Wasco County, OR, Kittitas County, WA, Klickitat County, WA, Yakima County, WA

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Salem/Mcnary, OR (KSLE), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 209 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 2007-01-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-01-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jan 5, 3:35 AM PST, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 3:35 AM PST, 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 4, 2:21 PM PST, 13 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
221 PM PST THU JAN 4 2007

ORZ041-WAZ024-501-502-026>030-ORZ042>044-049-050-501>506-051400-
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-
221 PM PST THU JAN 4 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SNOW
     NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS, NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON

A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CROSS NORTHEAST OREGON TONIGHT...RESULTING
IN NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTHERN BLUE
MOUNTAINS. A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED...REFER TO PRODUCT ID
PDXWSWPDT FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SNOW FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
     EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL CASCADES OF WASHINGTON, EAST SLOPES
     OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON, KITTITAS VALLEY,
     YAKIMA VALLEY, NORTH CENTRAL OREGON, CENTRAL OREGON

A VIGOROUS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA FRIDAY...CROSSING
INTERIOR WASHINGTON AND OREGON SATURDAY...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED...REFER
TO PRODUCT ID PDXWSWPDT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. FROM SUNDAY THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK...EXPECT PERIODIC PACIFIC DISTURBANCES TO BRING
PERIODS OF SHOWERS. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY
BRINGING MUCH COLDER CONDITIONS TO THE REGION.

.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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 4, 10:39 PM PST, 5 hours 25 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 4, 5:15 PM PSTHeavy Snow WarningPDTUmatilla, Union, Wallowa7 hr
Jan 5, 2:24 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningPDTGilliam, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Wasco20 hr
Jan 5, 2:24 PM PSTWind AdvisoryPDTUnion20 hr
Jan 5, 2:44 PM PSTSnow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryPDTGilliam, Grant, Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa and 1 more25 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Oregon, 2007Winter Storm Warnings in Washington, 2007Every winter storm warning in 2007

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.