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River Flood Warning 52, NWS Portland, OR

November 19, 2012Benton County, Lincoln County, Oregon

NWS Portland, OR issued this river flood warning at Nov 19, 2012, 8:10 PM PST for Benton County, Lincoln County, Oregon. It took effect at Nov 19, 2012, 9:00 PM PST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 19, 2012, 8:10 PM PST (04:10 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 19, 2012, 9:00 PM PST
Expired
Nov 20, 2012, 3:32 AM PST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Portland, OR
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Benton County, OR, Lincoln County, OR

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Alsea River near Tidewater (TIDO3). The gauge peaked at 18.88 ft at Nov 20, 2012, 12:00 AM PST.

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Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
18 ft
Moderate stage
21 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 14306500, 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 Nov 19, 2:34 PM PST, 5 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 19, 2:34 PM PST, 5 hours 36 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 19, 2:18 PM PST, 5 hours 52 minutes before
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Local storm report, Nov 19, 5:06 PM PST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 19, 4:06 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRLincoln11 hr
Nov 19, 7:45 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRBenton16 hr
Nov 19, 9:08 PM PSTHigh Wind WatchPQR6 hr
Nov 19, 9:08 PM PSTHigh Wind WatchPQR13 hr
Nov 19, 10:30 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRLane5 hr
Nov 19, 11:33 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPQRBenton, Clackamas, Columbia, Lane, Linn, Marion and 4 more8 hr
Nov 20, 3:20 AM PSTGale WatchPQR11 hr
Nov 20, 3:20 AM PSTGale WarningPQR24 hr
Nov 20, 3:34 AM PSTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPQR6 hr
Nov 20, 4:11 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRClackamas7 hr
Nov 20, 5:03 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPQR3 hr
Nov 20, 5:32 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRBenton, Polk31 hr
Nov 20, 2:20 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPQR27 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oregon, 2012Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.