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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Pendleton, OR

October 9, 20187 counties in Oregon; Columbia County, Walla Walla County, Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this flash flood watch at Oct 9, 2018, 8:14 AM PDT for 7 counties in Oregon; Columbia County, Walla Walla County, Washington. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 9, 2018, 8:14 AM PDT (15:14 UTC)
Expired: Oct 9, 2018, 12:49 PM PDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Pendleton, OR
Flood severity: None

Counties Gilliam County, OR, Grant County, OR, Morrow County, OR, Umatilla County, OR, Union County, OR, Wallowa County, OR, Wheeler County, OR, Columbia County, WA, Walla Walla County, WA

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Oct 9, 2:51 AM PDT, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 2:51 AM PDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

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Flash Flood Watches in Oregon, 2018 Flash Flood Watches in Washington, 2018 Every flash flood watch in 2018

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.