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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Portland, OR

December 2, 2007Clatsop County, Tillamook County, Oregon

NWS Portland, OR issued this river flood warning at Dec 2, 2007, 6:39 PM PST for Clatsop County, Tillamook County, Oregon. It took effect at Dec 3, 2007, 12:14 AM PST. It was in force for 3 days.

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, 12:14 AM PST
Expired
Dec 6, 2007, 12:18 AM PST
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Portland, OR
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Clatsop County, OR, Tillamook County, OR

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Nehalem River near Foss (FSSO3). The gauge peaked at 24.37 ft at Dec 3, 2007, 12:00 PM PST.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 14301000, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 2, 6:39 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRTillamook48 hr
Dec 2, 6:39 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRTillamook35 hr
Dec 2, 10:00 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRClackamas, Multnomah25 hr
Dec 2, 10:53 PM PSTAreal Flood WarningPQRBenton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Hood River, Lincoln and 7 more12 hr
Dec 3, 2:48 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRLincoln27 hr
Dec 3, 5:26 AM PSTAreal Flood WarningPQRBenton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Hood River, Lane and 8 more22 hr
Dec 3, 8:56 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRWashington34 hr
Dec 3, 10:16 AM PSTMarine Weather StatementPQR24 hr
Dec 3, 10:21 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRTillamook38 hr
Dec 3, 10:21 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRBenton, Lincoln26 hr
Dec 3, 1:38 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRBenton29 hr
Dec 3, 1:38 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRClackamas23 hr
Dec 3, 2:48 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRLane21 hr
Dec 2, 6:39 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRPacific35 hr
Dec 2, 6:39 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRPacific, Wahkiakum22 hr
Dec 2, 6:39 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRWahkiakum43 hr
Dec 3, 11:44 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRCowlitz20 hr
Dec 3, 3:15 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRCowlitz3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oregon, 2007Every river flood 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.