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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Portland, OR

January 18, 2017Benton County, Polk County, Oregon

NWS Portland, OR issued this river flood warning at Jan 18, 2017, 11:29 AM PST for Benton County, Polk County, Oregon. It took effect at Jan 18, 2017, 8:57 PM PST. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 2017, 11:29 AM PST (19:29 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 18, 2017, 8:57 PM PST
Expired
Jan 19, 2017, 9:38 PM PST
In force
25 hr
Issued by
NWS Portland, OR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Benton County, OR, Polk County, OR

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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 Luckiamute River near Suver (SUVO3). The gauge peaked at 27.27 ft at Jan 19, 2017, 1:00 PM PST.

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Action stage
25 ft
Minor stage
27 ft
Moderate stage
29 ft
Major stage
32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 14190500, 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 Jan 17, 3:27 PM PST, 20 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 3:27 PM PST, 20 hours 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 18, 2:46 AM PSTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPQR5 hr
Jan 18, 4:26 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRTillamook21 hr
Jan 18, 4:35 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRClatsop, Tillamook36 hr
Jan 18, 9:09 AM PSTGale WarningPQR6 hr
Jan 18, 12:34 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPQRBenton, Clackamas, Columbia, Linn, Marion, Multnomah and 3 more277 days
Jan 18, 2:57 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsPQR45 hr
Jan 18, 2:57 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasPQR3 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oregon, 2017Every 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.