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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Seattle, WA

November 5, 2009Mason County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Nov 5, 2009, 4:54 PM PST for Mason County, Washington. It took effect at Nov 5, 2009, 11:53 PM PST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 5, 2009, 4:54 PM PST (00:54 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 5, 2009, 11:53 PM PST
Expired: Nov 6, 2009, 4:33 AM PST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA
Flood severity: Minor

County Mason County, WA

The river

Written for the forecast point Skokomish River near Potlatch (SRPW1). The gauge peaked at 15.72 ft at Nov 6, 2009, 2:00 AM PST.

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 5, 4:15 PM PST, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 4:15 PM PST, 39 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 5, 5:05 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	SEW	23 hr
Nov 5, 5:05 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW	59 hr
Nov 6, 8:50 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2009 Every 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.