Alert archive / Washington / River Flood Warnings in 2014
River Flood Warning 1, NWS Pendleton, OR
NWS Pendleton, OR issued this river flood warning at Mar 6, 2014, 4:44 AM PST for Klickitat County, Washington. It took effect at Mar 6, 2014, 8:33 AM PST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 2014, 4:44 AM PST (12:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2014, 8:33 AM PST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2014, 11:37 PM PST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pendleton, OR
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Klickitat County, WA
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:45 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 Klickitat River near Pitt (PITW1). The gauge peaked at 8.73 ft at Mar 6, 2014, 7:00 AM PST.
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 9 ft
- Moderate stage
- 11 ft
- Major stage
- 14 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 14113000, 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 Pendleton, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 6, 4:40 AM PST, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 4:40 AM PST, 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 9:27 PM PST, 7 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 927 PM PST WED MAR 5 2014 WAZ026-520-070530- KITTITAS VALLEY-EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES- 927 PM PST WED MAR 5 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH WARM TEMPERATURES RESULTING IN SNOW MELT WILL CAUSE RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE. AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR KITTITAS COUNTY. FOR DETAILS REGARDING THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY, PLEASE REFER TO NWS HAZARD PRODUCT ID PDXFLSPDT. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR YAKIMA AND KLICKITAT COUNTIES. FOR DETAILS REGARDING THE FLOOD WATCH, PLEASE REFER TO NWS HAZARD PRODUCT ID PDXFFAPDT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. THIS COMBINED WITH CONTINUED WARM TEMPERATURES AND ADDITIONAL SNOW MELT WILL CAUSE RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE FURTHER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. FOR DETAILS REGARDING THE FLOOD WATCH, PLEASE REFER TO NWS HAZARD PRODUCT ID PDXFFAPDT. ORZ049-050-502-503-505>508-WAZ027-029-030-521-070530- 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-YAKIMA VALLEY- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON-SIMCOE HIGHLANDS- 927 PM PST WED MAR 5 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OREGON...NORTHEAST OREGON...SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THIS COMBINED WITH WARM TEMPERATURES RESULTING IN SNOW MELT WILL CAUSE RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. FOR DETAILS REGARDING THE FLOOD WATCH, PLEASE REFER TO NWS HAZARD PRODUCT ID PDXFFAPDT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. THIS COMBINED WITH CONTINUED WARM TEMPERATURES AND ADDITIONAL SNOW MELT WILL CAUSE RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE FURTHER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. FOR DETAILS REGARDING THE FLOOD WATCH, PLEASE REFER TO NWS HAZARD PRODUCT ID PDXFFAPDT. ORZ509-511-070530- EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES-CENTRAL OREGON- 927 PM PST WED MAR 5 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OREGON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL BRING ADDITIONAL RAIN TONIGHT IN CENTRAL OREGON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY AS ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL RESULT IN MORE RAIN. A BREAK IN THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY BEFORE THE ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. A DRIER WEATHER PATTERN IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BEGINNING MONDAY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 5, 11:07 PM PST, 5 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1107 PM PST WED MAR 05 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 N MEACHAM 45.53N 118.42W
03/05/2014 M1.02 INCH UMATILLA OR TRAINED SPOTTER
MEASURED 1.02 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 6 AM TODAY.
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POLANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pendleton, OR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 4:19 AM PST | Wind Advisory | PDT | Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Jefferson, Morrow and 3 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 6, 10:35 AM PST | River Flood Watch | PDT | Umatilla, Union, Wallowa | 12 hr |
| Mar 6, 10:35 AM PST | River Flood Watch | PDT | Umatilla | 12 hr |
| Mar 5, 6:15 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | PDT | Kittitas | 36 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2014Every river flood warning in 2014
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.