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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Portland, OR

February 5, 2017Lane County, Oregon

NWS Portland, OR issued this river flood warning at Feb 5, 2017, 1:32 PM PST for Lane County, Oregon. It took effect at Feb 5, 2017, 3:44 PM PST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 5, 2017, 1:32 PM PST (21:32 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 5, 2017, 3:44 PM PST
Expired: Feb 6, 2017, 9:39 AM PST
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Portland, OR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Lane County, OR

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 197 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Siuslaw River near Mapleton (MPLO3). The gauge peaked at 18.34 ft at Feb 5, 2017, 5:00 PM PST.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 14307620, 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, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 8:57 AM PST, 4 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 5, 11:55 AM PST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 5, 12:20 PM PST, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 5, 2:42 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	PQR		12 hr
Feb 5, 2:42 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	PQR		23 hr
Feb 5, 2:42 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Winds	PQR		17 hr
Feb 5, 5:16 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PQR		31 hr
Feb 5, 5:16 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		37 hr
Feb 5, 11:32 AM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Benton	40 hr
Feb 5, 11:32 AM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Clackamas, Multnomah	12 hr
Feb 5, 2:30 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	PQR		25 hr
Feb 5, 2:30 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Winds	PQR		32 hr
Feb 5, 2:30 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	PQR		18 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oregon, 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.