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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pendleton, OR

May 22, 2015Wallowa County, Oregon

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this special weather statement at May 22, 2015, 5:21 PM PDT for Wallowa County, Oregon. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 2015, 5:21 PM PDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2015, 6:15 PM PDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Pendleton, OR

County Wallowa County, OR

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 22, 4:00 PM PDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 4:00 PM PDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 22, 12:42 PM PDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1242 PM PDT FRI MAY 22 2015

ORZ503-507-222015-
FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON OR-
SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON OR-
1242 PM PDT FRI MAY 22 2015

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 1240 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF PILOT ROCK...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF PENDLETON. THIS
STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PILOT ROCK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4533 11879 4529 11905 4547 11916 4548 11915
      4553 11878
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 168DEG 3KT 4539 11894

DGW

Special weather statement, May 22, 1:15 PM PDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
115 PM PDT FRI MAY 22 2015

ORZ503-507-222100-
FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON OR-
SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON OR-
115 PM PDT FRI MAY 22 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL UMATILLA COUNTY UNTIL 200
PM PDT...

AT 115 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PILOT ROCK...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF PENDLETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PILOT ROCK AND WESTERN UMATILLA RESERVATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4549 11859 4545 11859 4529 11893 4542 11909
      4558 11882 4555 11865 4551 11865 4551 11862
      4552 11860 4550 11857
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 230DEG 13KT 4545 11882

BIEDA

Special weather statement, May 22, 1:39 PM PDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
139 PM PDT FRI MAY 22 2015

ORZ049-222115-
GRANDE RONDE VALLEY OR-
139 PM PDT FRI MAY 22 2015

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 138 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR LA GRANDE...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LA GRANDE AND ISLAND CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4523 11794 4523 11802 4528 11805 4531 11811
      4535 11813 4537 11808 4539 11808 4541 11805
      4538 11791 4526 11789
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 355DEG 18KT 4528 11806

BIEDA

Special weather statement, May 22, 2:21 PM PDT, 3 hours before

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Local storm report, May 22, 2:27 PM PDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 22, 3:29 PM PDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 5:13 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PDT	Grant, Morrow	3 hr
May 22, 6:00 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PDT	Wallowa	3 hr
May 22, 8:21 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Benton	54 min
May 22, 9:54 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Benton	51 min

Nearby

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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.