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River Flood Warning 57, NWS Portland, OR

December 20, 2012Clatsop County, Tillamook County, Oregon

NWS Portland, OR issued this river flood warning at Dec 20, 2012, 6:00 AM PST for Clatsop County, Tillamook County, Oregon. It took effect at Dec 20, 2012, 11:29 AM PST. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 20, 2012, 6:00 AM PST (14:00 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 20, 2012, 11:29 AM PST
Expired
Dec 20, 2012, 1:32 PM PST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Portland, OR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Clatsop County, OR, Tillamook County, OR

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:03 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 river

Written for the forecast point Nehalem River near Foss (FSSO3). The gauge peaked at 13.14 ft at Dec 20, 2012, 4:00 PM PST.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 14301000, 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 Dec 19, 3:24 PM PST, 14 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 3:24 PM PST, 14 hours 36 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 19, 8:45 PM PSTGale WarningPQR9 hr
Dec 19, 8:45 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsPQR55 hr
Dec 19, 8:45 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasPQR55 hr
Dec 20, 2:23 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPQRBenton, Lane, Lincoln, Polk, Tillamook, Washington and 1 more5 hr
Dec 20, 3:35 AM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsPQR48 hr
Dec 20, 7:36 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPQRBenton, Clatsop, Columbia, Lane, Lincoln, Polk and 3 more6 hr
Dec 20, 9:26 AM PSTHigh Surf AdvisoryPQR12 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.