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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Portland, OR

February 14, 2014Benton County, Oregon

NWS Portland, OR issued this river flood warning at Feb 14, 2014, 8:12 AM PST for Benton County, Oregon. It took effect at Feb 14, 2014, 7:00 PM PST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 14, 2014, 8:12 AM PST (16:12 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 14, 2014, 7:00 PM PST
Expired
Feb 15, 2014, 10:10 AM PST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Portland, OR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Benton County, OR

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:12 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 Marys River near Philomath (PHIO3). The gauge peaked at 19.39 ft at Feb 14, 2014, 10:00 AM PST.

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Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
21 ft
Major stage
21.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 14171000, 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 Feb 14, 5:40 AM PST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 5:40 AM PST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 14, 3:47 AM PSTHigh Wind WatchPQR10 hr
Feb 14, 5:46 AM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsPQR8 hr
Feb 14, 5:46 AM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasPQR22 hr
Feb 14, 1:37 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsPQR14 hr
Feb 14, 1:37 PM PSTStorm WarningPQR29 hr
Feb 14, 1:49 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningPQR30 hr
Feb 14, 3:37 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPQR8 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oregon, 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.