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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Portland, OR

August 26, 20114 counties in Oregon

NWS Portland, OR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2011, 3:57 AM PDT for 4 counties in Oregon. It was in force for 48 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
Aug 26, 2011, 3:57 AM PDT (10:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2011, 4:45 AM PDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Portland, OR
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Clackamas County, OR, Marion County, OR, Washington County, OR, Yamhill County, OR

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:58 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 Aug 26, 2:58 AM PDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 2:58 AM PDT, 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 25, 5:08 AM PDT, 22 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
508 AM PDT THU AUG 25 2011

ORZ001>014-WAZ019>023-039-040-261515-
NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-
COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-
CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA-
GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-
SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-
NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-
CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-
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-
508 AM PDT THU AUG 25 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 3:10 AM PDT, 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 3:07 AM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRLinn, Marion23 min
Aug 26, 3:10 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPQRLinn50 min
Aug 26, 3:28 AM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRClackamas, Marion32 min
Aug 26, 4:23 AM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRClackamas22 min
Aug 26, 4:35 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPQRMarion25 min
Aug 26, 4:51 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPQRHood River24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oregon, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.