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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Portland, OR

February 5, 2017Clackamas County, Multnomah County, Oregon

NWS Portland, OR issued this river flood warning at Feb 5, 2017, 11:32 AM PST for Clackamas County, Multnomah County, Oregon. It took effect at Feb 5, 2017, 3:38 PM PST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 5, 2017, 11:32 AM PST (19:32 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 5, 2017, 3:38 PM PST
Expired
Feb 5, 2017, 11:47 PM PST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Portland, OR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Clackamas County, OR, Multnomah County, OR

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 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 Johnson Creek near Sycamore (SYCO3). The gauge peaked at 10.72 ft at Feb 5, 2017, 7:00 PM PST.

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Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
11 ft
Moderate stage
13 ft
Major stage
14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 14211500, 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 5, 8:57 AM PST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 8:57 AM PST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 2:42 AM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Rough BarPQR12 hr
Feb 5, 2:42 AM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Rough BarPQR23 hr
Feb 5, 2:42 AM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsPQR17 hr
Feb 5, 5:16 AM PSTWinter Storm WarningPQR31 hr
Feb 5, 5:16 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPQR37 hr
Feb 5, 11:32 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRBenton40 hr
Feb 5, 1:32 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningPQRLane20 hr
Feb 5, 2:30 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Rough BarPQR25 hr
Feb 5, 2:30 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsPQR32 hr
Feb 5, 2:30 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasPQR18 hr

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.