Alert archive / Washington / Flood Watches in 2014
Flood Watch 5, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this flood watch at Mar 7, 2014, 3:49 PM PST for 7 counties in Washington. It took effect at Mar 8, 2014, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2014, 3:49 PM PST (23:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2014, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2014, 4:38 AM PDT
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Seattle, WA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jefferson County, WA, King County, WA, Lewis County, WA, Mason County, WA, Pierce County, WA, Snohomish County, WA, Thurston County, WA
The radar
The Seattle radar (KATX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 7, 3:30 PM PST, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 3:30 PM PST, 19 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2:42 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Mar 7, 2:42 AM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 42 hr | |
| Mar 7, 2:42 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Mar 7, 4:12 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Thurston | 24 hr |
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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.