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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Seattle, WA

January 18, 2010Mason County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Jan 18, 2010, 6:35 AM PST for Mason County, Washington. It took effect at Jan 18, 2010, 8:08 AM PST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 18, 2010, 6:35 AM PST (14:35 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 18, 2010, 8:08 AM PST
Expired: Jan 19, 2010, 6:33 AM PST
In force: 22 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 16.74 ft at Jan 18, 2010, 2:00 PM 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 Jan 18, 4:30 AM PST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 4:30 AM PST, 2 hours 5 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 17, 8:51 PM PST	Storm Warning	SEW		13 hr
Jan 18, 3:04 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		42 hr
Jan 18, 10:05 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		4 days
Jan 18, 2:57 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW	San Juan	20 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2010 Every 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.