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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Portland, OR

September 29, 2013Wahkiakum County, Washington

NWS Portland, OR issued this river flood warning at Sep 29, 2013, 11:12 AM PDT for Wahkiakum County, Washington. It took effect at Sep 29, 2013, 2:36 PM PDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 29, 2013, 11:12 AM PDT (18:12 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 29, 2013, 2:36 PM PDT
Expired
Sep 30, 2013, 9:37 PM PDT
In force
31 hr
Issued by
NWS Portland, OR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Wahkiakum County, WA

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The river

Written for the forecast point Grays River at Covered Bridge near Rosburg (GRRW1).

Action stage
27.5 ft
Minor stage
28.5 ft
Moderate stage
30.5 ft
Major stage
32.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood 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 river flood warning went out at Sep 29, 9:28 AM PDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 29, 9:28 AM PDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 29, 4:15 AM PDT, 6 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
415 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013

ORZ005>014-WAZ019-022-023-039-040-301415-
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-
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-
GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
415 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND LOWER
COLUMBIA RIVER INCLUDING CLARK COUNTY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

ORZ001>004-WAZ020-021-301415-
NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-
COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-
CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-WILLAPA HILLS-
SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-
415 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

PZZ250-255-270-275-301415-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT
10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
415 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT
THIS EVENING FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER TO FLORENCE
OUT 60 NM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Portland, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 28, 5:43 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPQRClackamas, Columbia, Marion, Multnomah, Washington, Yamhill3 hr
Sep 28, 6:12 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPQRMultnomah33 min
Sep 28, 8:43 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningPQR24 hr
Sep 28, 8:43 PM PDTWind AdvisoryPQR25 hr
Sep 28, 8:48 PM PDTStorm WarningPQR24 hr
Sep 29, 8:22 AM PDTHigh Surf WarningPQR24 hr
Sep 29, 9:20 AM PDTFlood WatchPQR10 hr
Sep 29, 3:35 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPQRClackamas, Multnomah, Washington6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2013Every river 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.