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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Pendleton, OR

August 20, 2009Cowlitz County, Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this red flag warning at Aug 20, 2009, 9:00 AM PDT for Cowlitz County, Washington. It took effect at Aug 20, 2009, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 34 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 20, 2009, 9:00 AM PDT (16:00 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 20, 2009, 12:00 PM PDT
Expired: Aug 21, 2009, 10:00 PM PDT
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Pendleton, OR

County Cowlitz County, WA

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 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 red flag warning 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 red flag warning went out at Aug 20, 3:57 AM PDT, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 3:57 AM PDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before

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Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Washington, 2009 Red Flag Warnings in Oregon, 2009 Every red flag warning in 2009

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.