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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Portland, OR

December 2, 2007Pacific County, Washington

NWS Portland, OR issued this river flood warning at Dec 2, 2007, 6:39 PM PST for Pacific County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 3, 2007, 6:32 AM PST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 2, 2007, 6:39 PM PST (02:39 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 3, 2007, 6:32 AM PST
Expired: Dec 4, 2007, 6:02 AM PST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Portland, OR
Flood severity: Minor

County Pacific County, WA

The river

Written for the forecast point Willapa River at Willapa (WILW1). The gauge peaked at 26.50 ft at Dec 3, 2007, 5:00 PM PST.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12013500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Portland, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Dec 2, 4:00 PM PST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 4:00 PM PST, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 2, 5:57 AM PST, 12 hours 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 2, 1:24 PM PST, 5 hours 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 2, 3:11 PM PST, 3 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 2, 3:12 PM PST, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 2, 6:39 PM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Clatsop, Tillamook	3 days
Dec 2, 6:39 PM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Tillamook	48 hr
Dec 2, 6:39 PM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Tillamook	35 hr
Dec 2, 10:00 PM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Clackamas, Multnomah	25 hr
Dec 2, 10:53 PM PST	Areal Flood Warning	PQR	Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Hood River, Lincoln and 7 more	12 hr
Dec 3, 2:48 AM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Lincoln	27 hr
Dec 3, 5:26 AM PST	Areal Flood Warning	PQR	Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Hood River, Lane and 8 more	22 hr
Dec 3, 8:56 AM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Washington	34 hr
Dec 3, 10:16 AM PST	Marine Weather Statement	PQR		24 hr
Dec 3, 10:21 AM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Tillamook	38 hr
Dec 3, 10:21 AM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Benton, Lincoln	26 hr
Dec 3, 1:38 PM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Benton	29 hr
Dec 3, 1:38 PM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Clackamas	23 hr
Dec 3, 2:48 PM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Lane	21 hr
Dec 2, 6:39 PM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Pacific, Wahkiakum	22 hr
Dec 2, 6:39 PM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Wahkiakum	43 hr
Dec 3, 11:44 AM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Cowlitz	20 hr
Dec 3, 3:15 PM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Cowlitz	3 hr

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.