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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Portland, OR

May 19, 2018Multnomah County, Oregon; Clark County, Washington

NWS Portland, OR issued this river flood warning at May 19, 2018, 3:11 PM PDT for Multnomah County, Oregon; Clark County, Washington. It was in force for 47 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 2018, 3:11 PM PDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2018, 1:45 PM PDT
In force
47 hr
Issued by
NWS Portland, OR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Multnomah County, OR, Clark County, WA

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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 Columbia River at Vancouver (VAPW1).

Action stage
15 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oregon, 2018River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2018Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.