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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Pendleton, OR

May 30, 2017Yakima County, Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this river flood warning at May 30, 2017, 9:18 AM PDT for Yakima County, Washington. It was in force for 54 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2017, 9:18 AM PDT (16:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2017, 3:01 PM PDT
In force: 54 hr
Issued by: NWS Pendleton, OR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Yakima County, WA

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:21 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 Naches River near Naches (NACW1).

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 17.8 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12494000, 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 May 30, 9:02 AM PDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 9:02 AM PDT, 16 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 30, 8:53 AM PDT	Red Flag Warning	PDT		11 hr
May 30, 2:36 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Deschutes	39 min
May 30, 3:01 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Umatilla	44 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2017 Every river flood warning in 2017

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.