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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Portland, OR

January 1, 2009Clatsop County, Tillamook County, Oregon

NWS Portland, OR issued this river flood warning at Jan 1, 2009, 10:34 AM PST for Clatsop County, Tillamook County, Oregon. It took effect at Jan 1, 2009, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 1, 2009, 10:34 AM PST (18:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 1, 2009, 1:00 PM PST
Expired: Jan 3, 2009, 10:08 AM PST
In force: 45 hr
Issued by: NWS Portland, OR
Flood severity: Major

Counties Clatsop County, OR, Tillamook County, OR

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Nehalem River near Foss (FSSO3). The gauge peaked at 16.05 ft at Jan 1, 2009, 7:00 PM PST.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 14301000, 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, 8:53 AM PST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 8:53 AM PST, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 6:11 AM PST, 4 hours 23 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, 8:08 AM PST, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 1, 9:10 AM PST, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 1, 9:54 AM PST, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 1, 10:14 AM PST, 20 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 31, 8:57 PM PST	High Surf Advisory	PQR		31 hr
Jan 1, 3:14 AM PST	Wind Advisory	PQR		18 hr
Jan 1, 7:44 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PQR		5 hr
Jan 1, 7:44 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		5 hr
Jan 1, 9:45 AM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Clackamas, Multnomah	34 hr
Jan 1, 10:34 AM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Tillamook	24 hr
Jan 1, 10:42 AM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Tillamook	23 hr
Jan 1, 11:48 AM PST	Areal Flood Warning	PQR	Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Hood River, Lincoln and 7 more	25 hr
Jan 1, 12:28 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		8 hr
Jan 1, 1:42 PM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Tillamook	20 hr
Jan 1, 2:14 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	PQR		7 hr
Jan 1, 3:25 PM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Lincoln	23 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oregon, 2009 Every river flood 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.