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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Pendleton, OR

April 4, 2013Umatilla County, Union County, Wallowa County, Oregon; Columbia County, Walla Walla County, Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2013, 6:35 PM PDT for Umatilla County, Union County, Wallowa County, Oregon; Columbia County, Walla Walla County, Washington. It was in force for 55 min. 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 4, 2013, 6:35 PM PDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2013, 7:30 PM PDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Pendleton, OR
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Umatilla County, OR, Union County, OR, Wallowa County, OR, Columbia County, WA, Walla Walla County, WA

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 4, 5:24 PM PDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
524 PM PDT THU APR 04 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0522 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 NE RUGGS              45.31N 119.61W
04/04/2013  M46 MPH          MORROW             OR   MESONET

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JAS

Local storm report, Apr 4, 5:59 PM PDT, 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 4, 6:19 PM PDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 4, 6:27 PM PDT, 8 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
Apr 4, 5:09 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Morrow	51 min
Apr 4, 5:39 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Morrow, Umatilla	66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oregon, 2013 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Washington, 2013 Every severe thunderstorm 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.