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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Seattle, WA

November 6, 2008Clallam County, Washington

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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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 6, 1:29 PM PST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
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Local storm report, Nov 6, 3:33 PM PST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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Local storm report, Nov 6, 5:15 PM PST, 17 minutes before
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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DDAMICO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 6, 5:14 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisorySEWKing, Kitsap, Mason, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston12 hr
Nov 6, 5:32 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWMason3 days
Nov 6, 8:21 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing34 hr
Nov 6, 9:01 PM PSTGale WatchSEW6 hr
Nov 6, 9:01 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW60 hr
Nov 6, 9:46 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing30 hr
Nov 6, 9:46 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing48 hr
Nov 6, 9:46 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWWhatcom7 hr
Nov 6, 9:46 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWWhatcom7 hr
Nov 6, 9:46 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish7 hr
Nov 6, 9:46 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish7 hr
Nov 7, 7:38 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish25 hr
Nov 7, 10:56 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWGrays Harbor17 hr
Nov 7, 10:56 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish24 hr
Nov 7, 10:56 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish29 hr
Nov 7, 12:58 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish8 hr
Nov 7, 12:58 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish15 hr
Nov 7, 2:57 PM PSTGale WarningSEW24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.