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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Portland, OR

February 14, 2014Lane County, Oregon

NWS Portland, OR issued this river flood warning at Feb 14, 2014, 4:10 PM PST for Lane County, Oregon. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 14, 2014, 4:10 PM PST (00:10 UTC)
Expired: Feb 16, 2014, 4:44 AM PST
In force: 37 hr
Issued by: NWS Portland, OR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Lane County, OR

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 197 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mohawk River (OR) near Springfield (SPRO3). The gauge peaked at 15.02 ft at Feb 14, 2014, 5:00 PM PST.

Action stage: 12.5 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 14165000, 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, 2:50 PM PST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 2:50 PM PST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 14, 2:05 PM PST, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 14, 4:32 PM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Lane	12 hr
Feb 15, 3:17 AM PST	Storm Watch	PQR		24 hr
Feb 15, 5:02 AM PST	High Wind Watch	PQR		24 hr
Feb 15, 5:26 AM PST	Winter Storm Watch	PQR		29 hr
Feb 15, 1:57 PM PST	Wind Advisory	PQR		5 hr
Feb 15, 5:26 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		29 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oregon, 2014 Every 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.