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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Pendleton, OR

January 9, 202010 counties in Oregon; Columbia County, Walla Walla County, Washington

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this winter storm warning at Jan 9, 2020, 2:54 PM PST for 10 counties in Oregon; Columbia County, Walla Walla County, Washington. It took effect at Jan 10, 2020, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 5 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 9, 2020, 2:54 PM PST (22:54 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 10, 2020, 4:00 AM PST
Expired: Jan 14, 2020, 6:10 PM PST
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Pendleton, OR

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

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 9, 2:48 PM PST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 2:48 PM PST, 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 9, 10:29 AM PST, 4 hours 25 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
Jan 9, 2:54 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Crook, Deschutes, Jefferson, Union, Wallowa	44 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Oregon, 2020 Winter Storm Warnings in Washington, 2020 Every winter storm warning in 2020

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.