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High Wind Watch 4, NWS Pendleton, OR

December 11, 200810 counties in Oregon; 5 counties in Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this high wind watch at Dec 11, 2008, 3:26 AM PST for 10 counties in Oregon; 5 counties in Washington. It took effect at Dec 12, 2008, 12:00 PM PST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 11, 2008, 3:26 AM PST (11:26 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 12, 2008, 12:00 PM PST
Expired: Dec 12, 2008, 9:24 AM PST
In force
Issued by: NWS Pendleton, OR

Counties Crook County, OR, Deschutes County, OR, Gilliam County, OR, Grant County, OR, Jefferson County, OR, Morrow County, OR, Sherman County, OR, Umatilla County, OR, Wasco County, OR, Wheeler County, OR, Benton County, WA, Columbia County, WA, Franklin County, WA, Klickitat County, WA, Walla Walla County, WA

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Dec 11, 3:05 AM PST, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 11, 3:05 AM PST, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 10, 9:15 PM PST, 6 hours 11 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 10, 8:55 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	PDT	Gilliam, Grant, Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa and 1 more	32 hr
Dec 11, 3:14 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PDT	Gilliam, Grant, Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa and 1 more	71 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Oregon, 2008 High Wind Watches in Washington, 2008 Every high wind watch in 2008

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.