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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Seattle, WA

January 7, 2009Pierce County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Jan 7, 2009, 12:19 PM PST for Pierce County, Washington. It took effect at Jan 7, 2009, 3:34 PM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 7, 2009, 12:19 PM PST (20:19 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 7, 2009, 3:34 PM PST
Expired: Jan 8, 2009, 3:59 AM PST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA
Flood severity: Major

County Pierce County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Puyallup River at Puyallup (PUYW1). The gauge peaked at 29.53 ft at Jan 8, 2009, 1:00 AM PST.

Action stage: 24 ft
Minor stage: 26.2 ft
Moderate stage: 30 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12101500, 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 Jan 7, 9:35 AM PST, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 9:35 AM PST, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 7, 7:18 AM PST, 5 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Jan 7, 7:31 AM PST, 4 hours 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 7, 7:35 AM PST, 4 hours 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 7, 7:59 AM PST, 4 hours 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 7, 8:35 AM PST, 3 hours 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 7, 9:55 AM PST, 2 hours 24 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
Jan 6, 6:34 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Whatcom	46 hr
Jan 6, 6:34 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Pierce	3 days
Jan 6, 6:34 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis	69 hr
Jan 6, 6:34 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Whatcom	51 hr
Jan 6, 6:34 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Skagit	46 hr
Jan 6, 6:34 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	57 hr
Jan 6, 6:34 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	53 hr
Jan 6, 6:34 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	57 hr
Jan 6, 6:34 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	70 hr
Jan 6, 6:34 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	70 hr
Jan 6, 6:34 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	4 days
Jan 6, 8:00 PM PST	Areal Flood Warning	SEW	King, Snohomish	36 hr
Jan 6, 9:24 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Clallam	41 hr
Jan 6, 9:24 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Mason	67 hr
Jan 6, 9:44 PM PST	Areal Flood Warning	SEW	Clallam, Mason	36 hr
Jan 6, 10:42 PM PST	Areal Flood Warning	SEW	Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Lewis, Pierce, Thurston	36 hr
Jan 6, 10:53 PM PST	Areal Flood Warning	SEW	Skagit, Whatcom	36 hr
Jan 6, 11:00 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	24 hr
Jan 7, 2:39 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Grays Harbor	52 hr
Jan 7, 2:39 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	49 hr
Jan 7, 2:39 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	4 days
Jan 7, 2:39 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	8 days
Jan 7, 2:39 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	10 days
Jan 7, 2:39 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Pierce	32 hr
Jan 7, 2:39 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis, Pierce	49 hr
Jan 7, 2:39 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Thurston	49 hr
Jan 7, 2:39 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis	38 hr
Jan 7, 8:12 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Grays Harbor	5 days
Jan 7, 9:22 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis	19 hr
Jan 7, 9:22 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis	61 hr
Jan 7, 9:22 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis	31 hr
Jan 7, 10:55 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	4 days
Jan 7, 11:21 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Grays Harbor	29 hr
Jan 7, 11:21 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Pierce, Thurston	29 hr
Jan 7, 11:21 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis	3 days
Jan 7, 11:21 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Thurston	4 days
Jan 7, 12:59 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis, Thurston	57 hr
Jan 7, 2:21 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		31 hr
Jan 7, 2:21 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		23 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.