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Flood Watch 12, NWS Seattle, WA

December 28, 2011King County, Pierce County, Snohomish County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this flood watch at Dec 28, 2011, 3:11 PM PST for King County, Pierce County, Snohomish County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 29, 2011, 12:00 AM PST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 28, 2011, 3:11 PM PST (23:11 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 29, 2011, 12:00 AM PST
Expired
Dec 29, 2011, 10:32 AM PST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA
Flood severity
None

Counties King County, WA, Pierce County, WA, Snohomish County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Dec 28, 3:00 PM PST, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 3:00 PM PST, 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 27, 7:38 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisorySEW8 hr
Dec 28, 1:17 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWMason54 hr
Dec 28, 8:55 AM PSTGale WarningSEW18 hr
Dec 28, 3:41 PM PSTWinter Storm WatchSEW12 hr
Dec 28, 3:42 PM PSTWind AdvisorySEWSan Juan14 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Washington, 2011Every 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.