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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Pendleton, OR

July 15, 201212 counties in Oregon; 7 counties in Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this flash flood watch at Jul 15, 2012, 6:22 PM PDT for 12 counties in Oregon; 7 counties in Washington. It took effect at Jul 16, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 15, 2012, 6:22 PM PDT (01:22 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 16, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT
Expired: Jul 20, 2012, 11:00 AM PDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Pendleton, OR
Flood severity: None

Counties Crook County, OR, Deschutes County, OR, Gilliam County, OR, Grant County, OR, Jefferson County, OR, Morrow County, OR, Sherman County, OR, Umatilla County, OR, Union County, OR, Wallowa County, OR, Wasco County, OR, Wheeler County, OR, Benton County, WA, Columbia County, WA, Franklin County, WA, Kittitas County, WA, Klickitat County, WA, Walla Walla County, WA, Yakima County, WA

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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 flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jul 15, 2:30 PM PDT, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 2:30 PM PDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 10:46 AM PDT, 7 hours 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 15, 3:16 PM PDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 6:37 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Wallowa	68 min
Jul 15, 8:17 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Umatilla	58 min
Jul 16, 4:43 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Morrow	32 min
Jul 16, 12:04 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Walla Walla	56 min
Jul 16, 12:27 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Walla Walla	33 min
Jul 16, 1:45 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Walla Walla	60 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Oregon, 2012 Flash Flood Watches in Washington, 2012 Every flash flood watch in 2012

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.