Rainfall and increased snowmelt caused minor flooding along the Naches and Yakima Rivers in Yakima County March 12-14. Both rivers crested between 1/2 foot and 1 foot above flood stage.
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Rainfall and increased snowmelt caused minor flooding along the Naches and Yakima Rivers in Yakima County March 12-14. Both rivers crested between 1/2 foot and 1 foot above flood stage. The Yakima River also caused minor flooding northwest of Cle Elum in Kittitas County.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Mar 11, 9:30 PM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1030 PM PDT SUN MAR 11 2007 UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION .UPDATE...A FEW UPDATES WILL BE MADE TO THE ZONE FORECAST PACKAGE AND GRIDS. WINDS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE AS STRONG AS PREDICTED...AND THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT ON MONDAY MORNING WILL BE A LITTLE SLOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. WILL CANCEL THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE YAKIMA VALLEY...THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN WA CASCADES...AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON. WILL ALSO UPDATE FORECAST TO ADJUST TEMPERATURES IN A FEW ZONES. SHOWERS ARE DEVELOPING JUST EAST OF THE WA CASCADES...AND CURRENT FORECAST ON TRACK WITH SHOWERS LIKELY NEAR THE EAST SLOPES. && .AVIATION...AS STATED IN THE UPDATE DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS WA/OR TONIGHT AND MONDAY WILL RESULT IN INCREASING WINDS ACROSS THE REGION. MOST TAF SITES WILL SEE WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15-20 KNOTS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY. RAIN SHADOWING OFF THE CASCADES WILL KEEP ALTOCUMULUS AND HIGHER CLOUDS AT KYKM AND KPSC WITH BASES ABOVE 10 KFT. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW A MOIST PROFILE MONDAY MORNING AT KALW AND KPDT SO WILL MENTION -SHRA WITH BASES AROUND 050. WILL ALSO HAVE SIMILAR CLOUDS AT KRDM...ALTHOUGH PCPN...IF ANY...WILL BE LIGHT. SMITH && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 205 PM PDT SUN MAR 11 2007/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...THE NAM APPEARS TO BE TOO DRY AND HAVE TRENDED TOWARD THE GFS MODEL DEPICTING A BAND OF PRECIPITATION ALONG THE FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. BY MONDAY EVENING MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE DRY AND THIS SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE MOST PART THROUGH THE REST OF THE SHORT TERM EXCEPT NEAR THE CASCADES AND NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS WHERE THERE WILL BE LOW CHANCES FOR MAINLY RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL OFF EACH DAY FROM NEAR RECORD HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON TO MORE SEASONABLE READINGS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 78 LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...A RIDGE WILL BUILD OFF SHORE WEDNESDAY AND MOVE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS WILL KEEP EASTERN WASHINGTON AND OREGON DRY WITH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT WINDS. INCREASED MAX TEMPERATURES A LITTLE EACH DAY DUE TO SUBSIDENCE FROM THE RIDGE. SUNDAY THE GFS AND ECMWF MODELS DIVERGE WITH THE ECMWF BRINGING IN A TROUGH/MODERATE COLD FRONT AND THE GFS SHOWING A WAVE/WEAK FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE RIDGE. COOLED TEMPERATURES A LITTLE SUNDAY BUT LEFT FORECAST DRY DUE TO MODEL DIFFERENCES. COONFIELD && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... PDT 51 66 43 58 / 10 30 10 10 ALW 54 65 45 57 / 10 30 10 10 PSC 53 67 40 61 / 20 20 10 10 YKM 46 65 36 57 / 30 10 10 10 HRI 51 65 38 61 / 10 20 10 10 ELN 44 58 32 53 / 30 10 10 10 RDM 44 65 33 61 / 20 30 10 10 LGD 45 61 38 55 / 10 30 10 10 GCD 42 64 37 56 / 10 30 10 10 DLS 52 64 39 60 / 50 30 10 10 && .PDT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OR...WA...NONE. && TI:GGG FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON 85
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 910 PM PDT SUN MAR 11 2007 UPDATED TO REMOVE WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT ORZ041-WAZ024-501-502-026>030-ORZ042>044-049-050-501>506-121215- EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF WASHINGTON- EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL CASCADES OF WASHINGTON- EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON- KITTITAS VALLEY-YAKIMA VALLEY-LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF WASHINGTON- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON- NORTHWEST BLUE MOUNTAINS-NORTH CENTRAL OREGON-CENTRAL OREGON- LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN OF OREGON-GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-WALLOWA COUNTY- FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- SOUTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON- NORTHERN WHEELER AND SOUTHERN GILLIAM COUNTIES-JOHN DAY BASIN- OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS- 910 PM PDT SUN MAR 11 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE CASCADES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WINDS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL INCREASE AND WILL BE VERY WINDY OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST OREGON. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WILL ALSO DEVELOP ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON CASCADES TONIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY TO WINDY ON MONDAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COLD FRONT...AND WILL DECREASE OVER THE DAY. A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL THEN BUILD OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...BRINGING WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS. A FEW MOUNTAIN SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. GRAPHICAL FORECASTS OF WEATHER HAZARDS OUT TO SEVEN DAYS ARE DISPLAYED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT: WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PENDLETON/CURRENTHAZARDS/HWO.HTML ALL LETTERS IN THE ABOVE URL ARE LOWER CASE...EXCEPT THE H IN CURRENTHAZARDS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Naches River at Naches crested at 17.84 feet with flood stage at 17 feet. Yakima River at Parker crested at 10.87 feet with flood stage at 10 feet.
Elk Meadows subdivision near Interstate 90 northwest of Cle Elum had water 1 foot deep over roads on March 12-13.
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