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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Nov 6, 2008, 5:32 PM PST for Clallam County, Washington. It took effect at Nov 6, 2008, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2008, 5:32 PM PST (01:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 6, 2008, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Nov 7, 2008, 11:50 AM PST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Seattle, WA
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Clallam County, WA
The radar
The Seattle radar (KATX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Bogachiel River near La Push (BOGW1).
- Action stage
- 35 ft
- Minor stage
- 37 ft
- Major stage
- 41 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12043015, 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 6, 3:00 PM PST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 6, 3:00 PM PST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
515 PM PST THU NOV 06 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0514 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 WNW SEKIU 48.28N 124.37W
11/06/2008 M3.70 INCH CLALLAM WA TRAINED SPOTTER
3.70 INCHES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.
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DDAMICOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 5:14 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SEW | King, Kitsap, Mason, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston | 12 hr |
| Nov 6, 5:32 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Mason | 3 days |
| Nov 6, 8:21 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | King | 34 hr |
| Nov 6, 9:01 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Nov 6, 9:01 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 60 hr | |
| Nov 6, 9:46 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | King | 30 hr |
| Nov 6, 9:46 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | King | 48 hr |
| Nov 6, 9:46 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Whatcom | 7 hr |
| Nov 6, 9:46 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Whatcom | 7 hr |
| Nov 6, 9:46 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 7 hr |
| Nov 6, 9:46 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 7 hr |
| Nov 7, 7:38 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 25 hr |
| Nov 7, 10:56 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Grays Harbor | 17 hr |
| Nov 7, 10:56 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 24 hr |
| Nov 7, 10:56 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 29 hr |
| Nov 7, 12:58 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 8 hr |
| Nov 7, 12:58 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 15 hr |
| Nov 7, 2:57 PM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 24 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.