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Flood Watch 7, NWS Seattle, WA

March 29, 201110 counties in Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this flood watch at Mar 29, 2011, 3:41 AM PDT for 10 counties in Washington. It took effect at Mar 30, 2011, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 2011, 3:41 AM PDT (10:41 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 30, 2011, 5:00 PM PDT
Expired
Apr 1, 2011, 4:16 AM PDT
In force
35 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA
Flood severity
None

Counties Clallam County, WA, Jefferson County, WA, King 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), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:42 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 Mar 29, 3:30 AM PDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 3:30 AM PDT, 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 11:13 PM PDTGale WarningSEW7 hr
Mar 28, 11:13 PM PDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasSEW18 hr
Mar 29, 3:14 AM PDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasSEW14 hr
Mar 29, 3:08 PM PDTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW56 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.