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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Pendleton, OR

May 30, 2020Deschutes County, Jefferson County, Oregon

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2020, 1:42 PM PDT for Deschutes County, Jefferson County, Oregon. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2020, 1:42 PM PDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2020, 2:30 PM PDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Pendleton, OR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Deschutes County, OR, Jefferson County, OR

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 212 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 30, 11:52 AM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 30, 10:10 AM PDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 10:10 AM PDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 12:45 PM PDT, 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 1:34 PM PDT, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 1:37 PM PDT, 5 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 6:21 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Union	24 min
May 29, 6:32 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PDT	Wallowa	59 hr
May 30, 8:59 AM PDT	Flash Flood Watch	PDT	Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Jefferson, Sherman, Wasco	11 hr
May 30, 12:45 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Crook	45 min
May 30, 12:54 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Deschutes	66 min
May 30, 12:57 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Crook, Wheeler	48 min
May 30, 1:51 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Crook, Deschutes	39 min
May 30, 1:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Wheeler	52 min
May 30, 2:05 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Grant, Wheeler	40 min
May 30, 2:24 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Deschutes, Jefferson	51 min
May 30, 2:34 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Crook, Jefferson	41 min
May 30, 2:41 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Gilliam, Grant, Morrow, Wheeler	49 min
May 30, 2:47 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Gilliam	43 min
May 30, 2:58 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Jefferson, Sherman, Wasco	47 min
May 30, 3:10 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Gilliam, Jefferson, Sherman, Wasco, Wheeler	50 min
May 30, 3:20 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Morrow, Umatilla	55 min
May 30, 3:22 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	PDT	Jefferson, Wasco	4 hr
May 30, 3:33 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Morrow	42 min
May 30, 3:44 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Gilliam, Sherman	61 min
May 30, 3:46 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Umatilla	59 min
May 30, 3:55 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Gilliam, Morrow	50 min
May 30, 3:58 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Gilliam, Sherman, Wasco	47 min
May 30, 4:10 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Umatilla	65 min
May 30, 4:45 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Gilliam, Morrow	60 min
May 30, 4:20 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Benton	55 min
May 30, 4:39 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	66 min
May 30, 4:49 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Klickitat, Yakima	56 min

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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.