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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Portland, OR

January 10, 2008Clark County, Skamania County, Washington

NWS Portland, OR issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2008, 12:25 PM PST for Clark County, Skamania County, Washington. It was in force for 20 min. 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 10, 2008, 12:25 PM PST (20:25 UTC)
Expired: Jan 10, 2008, 12:45 PM PST
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Portland, OR
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clark County, WA, Skamania County, WA

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jan 10, 8:45 AM PST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 8:45 AM PST, 3 hours 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 10, 5:38 AM PST, 6 hours 47 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
538 AM PST THU JAN 10 2008

ORZ011-WAZ019-111400-
NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-
538 AM PST THU JAN 10 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY FOR THE SOUTH
WASHINGTON AND NORTH OREGON CASCADES. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 7
INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 10 TO 14 INCHES
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

ORZ001>010-012-014-WAZ020>023-039-040-111400-
NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-
COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-
CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA-
GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-
SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-
NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-
WILLAPA HILLS-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I-
5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
538 AM PST THU JAN 10 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE
PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER REPORTS ARE NOT LIKELY TO BE NEEDED TODAY.

ORZ013-111400-
CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-
538 AM PST THU JAN 10 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
OREGON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST
FRIDAY FOR THE CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY. SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 6
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 7 TO 10 INCHES
TONIGHT BEFORE EASING FRIDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 10, 4:34 AM PST	Snow Advisory	PQR		23 hr
Jan 10, 1:57 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PQR	Hood River, Multnomah	21 min
Jan 10, 12:58 PM PST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PQR	Clark, Skamania	20 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.