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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Portland, OR

June 4, 2009Lane County, Linn County, Oregon

NWS Portland, OR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2009, 1:32 PM PDT for Lane County, Linn County, Oregon. It was in force for 35 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
Jun 4, 2009, 1:32 PM PDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2009, 2:07 PM PDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Portland, OR
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lane County, OR, Linn County, OR

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 4, 9:03 AM PDT, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 9:03 AM PDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 5:37 AM PDT, 7 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
537 AM PDT THU JUN 4 2009

ORZ001-002-005-009-014-WAZ019>023-039-040-051300-
NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-LOWER COLUMBIA-
WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-WILLAPA HILLS-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I-
5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
537 AM PDT THU JUN 4 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

ORZ003-004-006>008-010>013-051300-
COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-
CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-
CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-
NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-
CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-
537 AM PDT THU JUN 4 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
OREGON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY...LOCALLY WITH
HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:23 PM PDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
123 PM PDT THU JUN 4 2009

ORZ012-013-042115-
CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY OR-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY OR-
123 PM PDT THU JUN 4 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LANE COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM
PDT...

AT 123 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOOKOUT POINT RESERVOIR...
OR 15 MILES NORTH OF OAKRIDGE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG
WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VIDA...
  LEABURG AND WALTERVILLE...
  MOHAWK...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4413 12294 4422 12251 4391 12232 4380 12252
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 144DEG 23KT 4397 12253

WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 5:25 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPQRLane50 min
Jun 3, 5:43 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRLane, Linn32 min
Jun 4, 1:23 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPQRLane52 min
Jun 4, 1:51 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPQRBenton39 min
Jun 4, 2:01 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRLane, Linn44 min
Jun 4, 2:31 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPQRLinn44 min
Jun 4, 2:51 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPQRLinn39 min
Jun 4, 3:14 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRBenton, Linn33 min
Jun 4, 3:21 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRClackamas, Linn, Marion39 min
Jun 4, 3:37 PM PDTTornado WarningPQRLinn, Marion23 min
Jun 4, 3:45 PM PDTAreal Flood WarningPQRBenton, Linn30 min
Jun 4, 4:18 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRBenton, Clackamas, Lincoln, Marion, Multnomah, Polk and 3 more42 min
Jun 4, 4:32 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRClackamas, Multnomah28 min
Jun 4, 4:54 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRClackamas, Columbia, Marion, Multnomah, Washington, Yamhill36 min
Jun 4, 4:58 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRClackamas, Multnomah, Washington32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oregon, 2009Every severe thunderstorm 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.