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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Pendleton, OR

May 18, 2023Deschutes County, Oregon

NWS Pendleton, OR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2023, 8:45 PM PDT for Deschutes County, Oregon. It was in force for 31 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 18, 2023, 8:45 PM PDT (03:45 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2023, 9:16 PM PDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Pendleton, OR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Deschutes County, OR

The radar

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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 18, 8:20 PM PDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 8:20 PM PDT, 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 18, 5:23 PM PDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 6:37 PM PDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 6:39 PM PDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 6:57 PM PDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 8:03 PM PDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 8:34 PM PDT, 11 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 18, 6:37 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Jefferson	38 min
May 18, 6:57 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Deschutes	33 min
May 18, 8:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Deschutes	42 min
May 18, 8:34 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Deschutes	41 min
May 19, 1:44 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Grant	31 min
May 19, 2:21 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Grant	24 min
May 19, 2:25 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Wallowa	35 min
May 19, 2:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Crook	28 min
May 19, 2:34 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Deschutes	26 min
May 19, 2:45 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Deschutes	60 min
May 19, 2:47 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Union	28 min
May 19, 2:59 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT		31 min
May 19, 3:18 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Union	27 min
May 19, 3:21 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Wallowa	24 min
May 19, 3:49 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Jefferson	26 min
May 19, 3:52 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Wasco	23 min
May 19, 3:55 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Crook	35 min
May 19, 4:05 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Deschutes	25 min
May 19, 4:09 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Jefferson	36 min
May 19, 4:17 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Jefferson	28 min
May 19, 4:23 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Jefferson	37 min
May 19, 4:26 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Wasco	64 min
May 19, 4:36 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Crook, Jefferson	54 min
May 18, 5:23 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	King	37 min
May 18, 6:39 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Kittitas	36 min
May 18, 6:54 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PDT	Yakima	3 hr

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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.