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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Pendleton, OR

September 4, 2013Kittitas County, Klickitat County, Yakima County, Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this flash flood watch at Sep 4, 2013, 2:16 PM PDT for Kittitas County, Klickitat County, Yakima County, Washington. It took effect at Sep 5, 2013, 3:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 4, 2013, 2:16 PM PDT (21:16 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 5, 2013, 3:00 AM PDT
Expired: Sep 6, 2013, 6:34 PM PDT
In force: 40 hr
Issued by: NWS Pendleton, OR
Flood severity: None

Counties Kittitas County, WA, Klickitat County, WA, Yakima County, WA

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Sep 4, 2:15 PM PDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 2:15 PM PDT, 1 minute 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
Sep 4, 3:29 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Grant	46 min
Sep 4, 3:18 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Walla Walla	57 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Washington, 2013 Flash Flood Watches in Oregon, 2013 Every flash flood watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.