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Flood Watch 1, NWS Seattle, WA

January 13, 201112 counties in Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this flood watch at Jan 13, 2011, 6:51 PM PST for 12 counties in Washington. It took effect at Jan 14, 2011, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2011, 6:51 PM PST (02:51 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 14, 2011, 10:00 AM PST
Expired: Jan 17, 2011, 6:00 PM PST
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA
Flood severity: None

Counties Clallam County, WA, Grays Harbor County, WA, Jefferson County, WA, King County, WA, Kitsap County, WA, Lewis County, WA, Mason County, WA, Pierce County, WA, Skagit County, WA, Snohomish County, WA, Thurston County, WA, Whatcom County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Jan 13, 3:30 PM PST, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 3:30 PM PST, 3 hours 21 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 13, 9:44 PM PST	High Wind Warning	SEW		20 hr
Jan 14, 3:00 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		14 hr
Jan 14, 9:09 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Mason	4 days

Nearby

Flood Watches in Washington, 2011 Every flood watch in 2011

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.