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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Seattle, WA

January 14, 2010Mason County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Jan 14, 2010, 5:21 PM PST for Mason County, Washington. It took effect at Jan 14, 2010, 10:40 PM PST. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 14, 2010, 5:21 PM PST (01:21 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 14, 2010, 10:40 PM PST
Expired
Jan 16, 2010, 1:36 PM PST
In force
39 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 16.98 ft at Jan 15, 2010, 5:00 PM PST.

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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 Jan 14, 4:20 PM PST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 4:20 PM PST, 1 hour 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 14, 9:45 PM PSTWind AdvisorySEWSan Juan14 hr
Jan 15, 9:59 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWClallam13 hr
Jan 15, 2:51 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasSEW18 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2010Every river flood warning in 2010

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.