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Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Portland, OR
NWS Portland, OR issued this winter storm warning at Mar 19, 2012, 9:14 AM PDT. It took effect at Mar 19, 2012, 11:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 54 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2012, 9:14 AM PDT (16:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 19, 2012, 11:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2012, 5:02 AM PDT
- In force
- 54 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Portland, OR
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 19, 2:43 AM PDT, 6 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 2:43 AM PDT, 6 hours 31 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 3:46 AM PDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 346 AM PDT MON MAR 19 2012 ORZ001>014-PZZ210-WAZ019>023-039-040-201400- 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-COLUMBIA RIVER BAR- SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-WILLAPA HILLS-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I- 5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA- SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS- 346 AM PDT MON MAR 19 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON...NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COASTAL WATERS AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RAIN WILL BECOME HEAVY ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW IN THE CASCADES. PLEASE SEE PDXWSWPQR FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SIGNIFICANT VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS A FRONT STALLS ACROSS THE AREA. DEPENDING ON WHERE THIS FRONT STALLS SNOW LEVELS COULD LOWER INTO THE COAST RANGE AND CASCADE FOOTHILLS. THERE IS EVEN A SMALL CHANCE THAT SNOW LEVELS COULD FALL LOW ENOUGH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR SNOW TO FALL AT SOME VALLEY LOCATIONS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS CHANGING WEATHER PATTERN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Portland, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 8:01 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | PQR | 4 days | |
| Mar 19, 3:29 AM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 6 hr |
Nearby
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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.