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River Flood Advisory 7, NWS Seattle, WA

March 31, 2011Mason County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood advisory at Mar 31, 2011, 8:30 AM PDT for Mason County, Washington. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2011, 8:30 AM PDT (15:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 1, 2011, 9:34 AM PDT
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA

County Mason County, WA

The river

Written for the forecast point Skokomish River near Potlatch (SRPW1).

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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Mar 31, 3:00 AM PDT, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 3:00 AM PDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 31, 7:06 AM PDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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        Please try again in a few minutes.
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Local storm report, Mar 31, 8:09 AM PDT, 21 minutes before

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      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
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        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 7:03 PM PDT	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	33 hr
Mar 30, 7:03 PM PDT	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	46 hr
Mar 30, 7:03 PM PDT	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	25 hr
Mar 30, 9:24 PM PDT	Areal Flood Warning	SEW	King, Snohomish	12 hr
Mar 31, 2:49 AM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		12 hr
Mar 31, 2:49 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		23 hr
Mar 31, 2:49 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		24 hr
Mar 31, 9:29 AM PDT	Areal Flood Warning	SEW	King, Snohomish	10 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Washington, 2011 Every river flood advisory 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.