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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Pendleton, OR

April 13, 2013Yakima County, Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this freeze warning at Apr 13, 2013, 2:43 PM PDT for Yakima County, Washington. It took effect at Apr 14, 2013, 12:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 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
Apr 13, 2013, 2:43 PM PDT (21:43 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 14, 2013, 12:00 AM PDT
Expired
Apr 14, 2013, 8:47 AM PDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Pendleton, OR

County Yakima County, WA

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Apr 13, 2:30 PM PDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 2:30 PM PDT, 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 6:08 AM PDT, 8 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
608 AM PDT SAT APR 13 2013

ORZ041-042-044-507-508-WAZ024-026>029-521-141315-
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF OREGON-NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-
LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-
FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON-KITTITAS VALLEY-
YAKIMA VALLEY-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON-
FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS-
608 AM PDT SAT APR 13 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

THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG PACIFIC SYSTEM MOVED
ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL
INCREASE THIS MORNING ALLOWING FOR VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO
DEVELOP OVER MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST OREGON. WIND ADVISORIES CONTINUE FOR THE AREAS LISTED
ABOVE. FOR MORE DETAILS, PLEASE REFER TO NWS PRODUCT PDXNWSPDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

UNSEASONABLY COLD AND SHOWERY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY AND
MONDAY.

ORZ050-502-503-506-509-WAZ030-520-141315-
WALLOWA COUNTY-NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-
SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON-OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS-
EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES-
NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-
EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES-
608 AM PDT SAT APR 13 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG PACIFIC SYSTEM MOVED
ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. AS A RESULT SNOW LEVELS HAVE
BEEN FALLING ACROSS THE REGION. MOISTURE AND OROGRAPHIC LIFT WILL
CAUSE SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW
AMOUNTS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS
OCCURRING NEAR THE CASCADE CREST IN WESTERN KITTITAS COUNTY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

UNSEASONABLY COLD AND SHOWERY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY AND
MONDAY.

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Washington, 2013Every freeze 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.