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River Flood Warning 13, NWS Portland, OR
NWS Portland, OR issued this river flood warning at Jan 1, 2009, 11:10 PM PST for Benton County, Polk County, Oregon. It took effect at Jan 2, 2009, 5:06 AM PST. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 2009, 11:10 PM PST (07:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 2, 2009, 5:06 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2009, 6:28 PM PST
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Portland, OR
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Benton County, OR, Polk County, OR
The radar
The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:10 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 Luckiamute River near Suver (SUVO3). The gauge peaked at 29.58 ft at Jan 2, 2009, 6:00 PM PST.
- Action stage
- 25 ft
- Minor stage
- 27 ft
- Moderate stage
- 29 ft
- Major stage
- 32 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 14190500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood 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 river flood warning went out at Jan 1, 9:06 PM PST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 9:06 PM PST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 6:11 AM PST, 16 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 611 AM PST THU JAN 1 2009 ORZ005>010-012-014-PZZ210-WAZ022-023-039-040-021415- 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- COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY- GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS- 611 AM PST THU JAN 1 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON...NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COASTAL WATERS AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE WILLAMETTE VALLEYS AND ADJACENT LOWLANDS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...INCLUDING CLARK COUNTY. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS OF WIND ARE ENCOURAGED TODAY. PZZ250-255-270-275-021415- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 20 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 611 AM PST THU JAN 1 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GALE FORCE WIND IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO STORM FORCE THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY GALES POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS ARE NOT LIKELY TO BE NEEDED TODAY. ORZ001>004-WAZ020-021-021415- NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST- COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON- CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-WILLAPA HILLS- SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST- 611 AM PST THU JAN 1 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT...EXCEPT GUSTS TO 80 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE COASTAL HEADLANDS AND BEACHES THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS OF WIND ARE ENCOURAGED TODAY AND TONIGHT. ORZ011-013-WAZ019-021415- NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY- SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES- 611 AM PST THU JAN 1 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL BRING MORE SNOWFALL TO THE CASCADES LATER THIS WEEKEND THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 1, 10:31 PM PST, 39 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Portland, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 5:21 PM PST | River Flood Warning | PQR | Clackamas, Multnomah | 15 hr |
| Jan 1, 6:49 PM PST | River Flood Warning | PQR | Washington | 36 hr |
| Jan 1, 6:49 PM PST | River Flood Warning | PQR | Clackamas | 25 hr |
| Jan 1, 6:49 PM PST | River Flood Warning | PQR | Linn, Marion | 29 hr |
| Jan 1, 8:12 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 36 hr | |
| Jan 1, 8:50 PM PST | Wind Advisory | PQR | 7 hr | |
| Jan 1, 9:04 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | PQR | 24 hr | |
| Jan 1, 9:04 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | PQR | 11 hr | |
| Jan 1, 11:10 PM PST | River Flood Warning | PQR | Benton | 13 hr |
| Jan 1, 11:10 PM PST | River Flood Warning | PQR | Clackamas, Marion | 4 days |
| Jan 1, 11:10 PM PST | River Flood Warning | PQR | Clackamas | 16 hr |
| Jan 1, 11:10 PM PST | River Flood Warning | PQR | Clackamas | 21 hr |
| Jan 2, 3:04 AM PST | Gale Warning | PQR | 5 hr | |
| Jan 2, 4:49 AM PST | River Flood Warning | PQR | Clackamas, Multnomah | 9 hr |
| Jan 2, 8:23 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | PQR | 15 hr | |
| Jan 2, 8:23 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | PQR | 6 hr | |
| Jan 2, 2:41 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | PQR | 21 hr | |
| Jan 1, 5:21 PM PST | River Flood Warning | PQR | Cowlitz | 14 hr |
Nearby
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.