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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Pendleton, OR

February 17, 2016Benton County, Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this river flood warning at Feb 17, 2016, 6:28 AM PST for Benton County, Washington. It took effect at Feb 17, 2016, 1:29 PM PST. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 17, 2016, 6:28 AM PST (14:28 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 17, 2016, 1:29 PM PST
Expired: Feb 19, 2016, 9:49 AM PST
In force: 44 hr
Issued by: NWS Pendleton, OR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Benton County, WA

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Yakima River at Kiona (KIOW1). The gauge peaked at 13.50 ft at Feb 18, 2016, 5:00 AM PST.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 14.5 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12510500, 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 Feb 17, 3:25 AM PST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 3:25 AM PST, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.