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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Pendleton, OR

May 15, 2008Yakima County, Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this river flood warning at May 15, 2008, 12:57 PM PDT for Yakima County, Washington. It took effect at May 16, 2008, 6:52 AM PDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 2008, 12:57 PM PDT (19:57 UTC)
In effect from
May 16, 2008, 6:52 AM PDT
Expired
May 21, 2008, 11:46 AM PDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Pendleton, OR
Flood severity
Major

County Yakima County, WA

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The river

Written for the forecast point Naches River near Naches (NACW1).

Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
17.8 ft
Moderate stage
19 ft
Major stage
21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12494000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 1:34 PM PDTRiver Flood WatchPDTUnion, Wallowa18 hr
May 15, 12:57 PM PDTRiver Flood WarningPDTYakima4 days
May 15, 1:34 PM PDTRiver Flood WatchPDTKittitas, Yakima23 hr
May 15, 1:34 PM PDTRiver Flood WatchPDTYakima70 hr
May 15, 1:34 PM PDTRiver Flood WatchPDTBenton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla70 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2008Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.