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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Pendleton, OR

June 29, 2013Kittitas County, Yakima County, Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2013, 2:26 PM PDT for Kittitas County, Yakima County, Washington. It was in force for 2 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: Jun 29, 2013, 2:26 PM PDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2013, 4:30 PM PDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Pendleton, OR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Kittitas County, WA, Yakima County, WA

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Quillayute State, WA (KUIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 313 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1083 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 warning went out at Jun 29, 2:15 PM PDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 2:15 PM PDT, 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 5:01 AM PDT, 9 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
501 AM PDT SAT JUN 29 2013

ORZ041-042-044-049-050-502-503-505>509-WAZ024-026>030-520-521-
301215-
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-
501 AM PDT SAT JUN 29 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
OREGON...NORTH CENTRAL OREGON...NORTHEAST OREGON...CENTRAL
WASHINGTON...SOUTH WASHINGTON...SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND
SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WITH SOME MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND ABUNDANT
ELEVATED INSTABILITY WILL CROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY BRINGING
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN
AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN
EACH DAY FROM THE BLUE MOUNTAINS SOUTH AND EASTWARD AS WELL AS IN
CENTRAL OREGON AND ALONG THE CASCADE EAST SLOPES SUNDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY DUE TO STRONG SURFACE HEATING AND INSTABILITY CAUSED BY
THE HEATING.

A LARGE UPPER HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH SINKING AIR WILL CAUSE A
STRONG WARMING TREND WHICH WILL RESULT IN VERY HOT TEMPERATURES
ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH POSSIBLE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES. THE
HEAT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY OF
NEXT WEEK WITH SOME COOLING TAKING PLACE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL BE THE HOTTEST DAYS OF THE WEEK WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 100 DEGREES...AND MID
80S TO MID 90S IN THE MOUNTAINS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 29, 9:50 AM PDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 10:30 AM PDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 12:07 PM PDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 1:49 PM PDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 29, 2:03 PM PDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 29, 2:20 PM PDT, 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
Jun 29, 2:42 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Franklin	63 min
Jun 29, 2:44 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Benton	46 min
Jun 29, 4:04 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Franklin	56 min
Jun 29, 5:47 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Franklin	58 min
Jun 29, 7:33 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Benton	57 min
Jun 29, 8:04 AM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Benton, Franklin, Yakima	56 min
Jun 29, 8:28 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Franklin	62 min
Jun 29, 9:21 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Benton	54 min
Jun 29, 9:25 AM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Yakima	65 min
Jun 29, 10:30 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Benton, Franklin	60 min
Jun 29, 10:37 AM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Benton, Franklin	53 min
Jun 29, 12:07 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Yakima	23 min
Jun 29, 1:11 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Kittitas, Yakima	64 min
Jun 29, 1:49 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Yakima	56 min
Jun 29, 2:21 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Kittitas, Yakima	54 min
Jun 29, 4:16 PM PDT	Areal Flood Warning	PDT	Yakima	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Washington, 2013 Every flash flood warning in 2013

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.