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River Flood Warning 42, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Oct 26, 2009, 9:50 AM PDT for King County, Washington. It took effect at Oct 26, 2009, 1:13 PM PDT. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 26, 2009, 9:50 AM PDT (16:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 26, 2009, 1:13 PM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2009, 3:42 PM PDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Seattle, WA
- Flood severity
- Minor
County King County, WA
The radar
The Seattle radar (KATX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:50 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 Tolt River near Carnation (TOLW1). The gauge peaked at 8.54 ft at Oct 26, 2009, 12:00 PM PDT.
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12148500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 8:49 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 60 hr | |
| Oct 26, 8:34 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 19 hr | |
| Oct 26, 10:26 AM PDT | Flood Watch | SEW | King | 13 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:27 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | King | 2 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2009Every river flood warning in 2009
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.