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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Pendleton, OR

March 6, 2014Klickitat County, Washington

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.

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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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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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POLAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 4:19 AM PSTWind AdvisoryPDTCrook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Jefferson, Morrow and 3 more15 hr
Mar 6, 10:35 AM PSTRiver Flood WatchPDTUmatilla, Union, Wallowa12 hr
Mar 6, 10:35 AM PSTRiver Flood WatchPDTUmatilla12 hr
Mar 5, 6:15 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPDTKittitas36 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.