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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2012, 3:39 PM PDT for Deschutes County, Oregon. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2012, 3:39 PM PDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2012, 4:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pendleton, OR
County Deschutes County, OR
The radar
The Medford radar (KMAX), 228 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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 nearest sounding before it
Salem/Mcnary, OR (KSLE), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 8, 3:27 PM PDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 3:27 PM PDT, 12 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 9:20 AM PDT, 6 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 920 AM PDT SUN JUL 8 2012 UPDATED TO ADD MENTION OF THE HEAT ADVISORY ORZ041-042-044-049-050-502-503-505>509-WAZ024-026>030-520-521- 091115- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON-NORTH CENTRAL OREGON- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-WALLOWA COUNTY- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-JOHN DAY BASIN-OCHOCO- JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS- FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY- YAKIMA VALLEY-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- 920 AM PDT SUN JUL 8 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RED FLAG WARNING AND THUNDERSTORMS AREAWIDE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS AT THE SURFACE WITH UNSTABLE AIR AND SOME MOISTURE IN THE MID LEVELS WILL LEAD TO ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS IN ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE BUT MOST STORMS WILL NOT BE SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WITH POSSIBLY LITTLE RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY ON THE EDGES OF THE THUNDERSTORM CELLS. THIS WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS FIRE THREAT DUE TO THE HOT AND DRY SURFACE CONDITIONS WITH DRY VEGETATION. AS A RESULT A RED FLAG WARNING WILL BECOME IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL AREAS OF THE FIRE WEATHER DISTRICT. PLEASE REFER TO NWS HAZARD PRODUCT ID PDXRFWPDT FOR MORE DETAILS. UPDATE...HOT TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TODAY...WITH DAYTIME HIGHS EXPECTED TO EXCEED 100 DEGREES IN SEVERAL AREAS. WITH HOT DAYTIME TEMPERATURES AND WARM NIGHT TIME TEMPERATURES THERE WILL BE LITTLE TO NO RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. THEREFORE A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH EXCEPTION OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND THE SOUTHERN OREGON FOOTHILLS. PLEASE REFER TO PRODUCT PDXNPWPDT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY RED FLAG WARNING AND THUNDERSTORMS AREAWIDE MONDAY AND TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN ABUNDANT LIGHTNING WHICH MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FIRE STARTS DUE TO HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WITH DRY VEGETATION AT THE SURFACE. A RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO NWS HAZARD PRODUCT ID PDXRFWPDT FOR MORE DETAILS. ALSO, SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE BUT MOST STORMS WILL NOT BE SEVERE. THERE WILL BE SOME IMPROVEMENT BEGINNING LATE TUESDAY OR TUESDAY NIGHT WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER CONDITIONS AND A MORE STABLE ATMOSPHERE. HOWEVER ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY OVER MAINLY THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN HIGHER ELEVATIONS THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. GRAPHICAL FORECASTS OF WEATHER HAZARDS OUT TO SEVEN DAYS ARE DISPLAYED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT: WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PDT/CURRENTHAZARDS/HWO.HTML ALL LETTERS IN THE ABOVE URL ARE LOWER CASE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:39 PM PDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 339 PM PDT SUN JUL 8 2012 ORZ506-509-082345- EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES OR-OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS OR- 339 PM PDT SUN JUL 8 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL DESCHUTES COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM PDT... AT 336 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA PINE...OR 31 MILES SOUTH OF BEND...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4411 12176 4411 12103 4362 12115 4362 12162 TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 180DEG 16KT 4364 12143
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pendleton, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 5:12 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Wallowa | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 3:55 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Wheeler | 65 min |
| Jul 8, 4:46 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Crook | 59 min |
| Jul 8, 4:51 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Deschutes | 54 min |
| Jul 7, 6:30 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 6:38 PM PDT | Areal Flood Warning | PDT | Columbia | 95 min |
| Jul 7, 6:39 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Columbia | 53 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.