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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Nov 7, 2008, 5:19 PM PST for Whatcom County, Washington. It took effect at Nov 7, 2008, 10:43 PM PST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 7, 2008, 5:19 PM PST (01:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 7, 2008, 10:43 PM PST
- Expired
- Nov 7, 2008, 9:12 PM PST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Seattle, WA
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Whatcom County, WA
The radar
The Seattle radar (KATX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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 Nooksack River at North Cedarvillle (NRKW1). The gauge peaked at 145.82 ft at Nov 7, 2008, 1:00 AM PST.
- Action stage
- 144.8 ft
- Minor stage
- 146.5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 148 ft
- Major stage
- 150 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12210700, 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 warning 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 warning went out at Nov 7, 3:18 PM PST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 7, 3:18 PM PST, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Nov 7, 9:02 PM PST | River Flood Advisory | SEW | Snohomish | 36 hr |
| Nov 7, 9:02 PM PST | River Flood Advisory | SEW | King | 36 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.