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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Seattle, WA

November 11, 2008Mason County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Nov 11, 2008, 4:27 PM PST for Mason County, Washington. It took effect at Nov 12, 2008, 2:52 AM PST. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 2008, 4:27 PM PST (00:27 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 12, 2008, 2:52 AM PST
Expired
Nov 13, 2008, 10:16 AM PST
In force
31 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA
Flood severity
Major

County Mason County, WA

The river

Written for the forecast point Skokomish River near Potlatch (SRPW1). The gauge peaked at 16.72 ft at Nov 12, 2008, 1:00 PM PST.

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Action stage
15 ft
Minor stage
16.5 ft
Moderate stage
17.5 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12061500, 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 11, 3:30 PM PST, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 3:30 PM PST, 57 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWGrays Harbor31 hr
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWWhatcom35 hr
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWWhatcom21 hr
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWWhatcom24 hr
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSkagit31 hr
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSkagit31 hr
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish20 hr
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish36 hr
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish21 hr
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish42 hr
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish3 days
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish3 days
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing31 hr
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing49 hr
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing3 days
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing21 hr
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing21 hr
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWPierce31 hr
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWPierce48 hr
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWPierce24 hr
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis, Pierce55 hr
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis31 hr
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis55 hr
Nov 11, 9:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWThurston31 hr
Nov 11, 9:09 PM PSTAreal Flood WarningSEWKing, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish and 1 more36 hr
Nov 12, 3:29 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWThurston18 hr
Nov 12, 5:11 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWClallam13 hr
Nov 12, 2:36 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW15 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2008Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.