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River Flood Advisory 2, NWS Seattle, WA

November 7, 2008King County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood advisory at Nov 7, 2008, 9:02 PM PST for King County, Washington. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 7, 2008, 9:02 PM PST (05:02 UTC)
Expired: Nov 9, 2008, 8:56 AM PST
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA

County King County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Tolt River near Carnation (TOLW1). The gauge peaked at 10.25 ft at Nov 7, 2008, 9:00 AM PST.

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12148500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Seattle, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood advisory went out at Nov 7, 3:18 PM PST, 5 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 7, 3:18 PM PST, 5 hours 44 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 7, 5:19 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Whatcom	4 hr
Nov 7, 9:02 PM PST	River Flood Advisory	SEW	Snohomish	36 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Washington, 2008 Every river flood advisory in 2008

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.