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Wind Advisory 33, NWS Pendleton, OR

October 4, 2009Gilliam County, Sherman County, Wasco County, Oregon; 5 counties in Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this wind advisory at Oct 4, 2009, 1:10 AM PDT for Gilliam County, Sherman County, Wasco County, Oregon; 5 counties in Washington. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 4, 2009, 1:10 AM PDT (08:10 UTC)
Expired: Oct 4, 2009, 6:00 PM PDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Pendleton, OR

Counties Gilliam County, OR, Sherman County, OR, Wasco County, OR, Benton County, WA, Franklin County, WA, Klickitat County, WA, Walla Walla County, WA, Yakima County, WA

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 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 wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Oct 3, 4:01 PM PDT, 9 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 4:01 PM PDT, 9 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 3, 5:15 AM PDT, 19 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
515 AM PDT SAT OCT 3 2009

ORZ041>044-049-050-501>506-WAZ024-026>030-501-502-041200-
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON-NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-
CENTRAL OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-
WALLOWA COUNTY-FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
NORTHERN WHEELER AND SOUTHERN GILLIAM COUNTIES-JOHN DAY BASIN-
OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS-
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY-
YAKIMA VALLEY-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL CASCADES OF WASHINGTON-
EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON-
515 AM PDT SAT OCT 3 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON
AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW
     NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS, GRANDE RONDE VALLEY, WALLOWA COUNTY,
     NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF
     OREGON, OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS

A STRONG PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO OREGON AND WASHINGTON
TODAY BRINGING COLDER AIR WITH NUMEROUS RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW
SHOWERS BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH AREAS OF RAIN AND SNOW CONTINUING
THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO PASS LEVELS...BETWEEN
4000 AND 4500 FEET. MODERATE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED AT AND ABOVE THESE LEVELS. AS A RESULT A WINTER STORM
WARNING WITH HEAVY SNOW IS IN EFFECT FOR WALLOWA COUNTY...ESPECIALLY
THE MOUNTAINS...AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR THE BLUE
MOUNTAINS AND THE OCHOCO JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS. PLEASE REFER TO NWS
PRODUCT ID PDXWSWPDT FOR MORE DETAILS OF THIS EARLY SEASON SNOW
EVENT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SNOW SUNDAY
     NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS, GRANDE RONDE VALLEY, WALLOWA COUNTY,
     NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF
     OREGON, OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS

THE STRONG UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS THE REGION ON
SUNDAY AND THEN EXIT SUNDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AS
WELL AS THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE DAY.
AS SUCH THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND SNOW ADVISORIES WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. PLEASE SEE NWS PRODUCT ID PDXWSWPDT
FOR MORE DETAILS OF THIS SNOW EVENT.

HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BEGIN TO REBUILD OVER THE REGION DURING THE
COMING WEEK WITH A RETURN TO MILD TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

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

GRAPHICAL FORECASTS OF WEATHER HAZARDS OUT TO SEVEN DAYS
ARE DISPLAYED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT:

WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PDT/CURRENTHAZARDS/HWO.HTML

ALL LETTERS IN THE ABOVE URL ARE LOWER CASE...EXCEPT THE H IN
CURRENTHAZARDS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 4, 2:55 PM PDT	Freeze Warning	PDT		16 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Washington, 2009 Wind Advisories in Oregon, 2009 Every wind advisory 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.