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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Seattle, WA

January 11, 2014Mason County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Jan 11, 2014, 1:33 AM PST for Mason County, Washington. It took effect at Jan 11, 2014, 2:06 AM PST. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 11, 2014, 1:33 AM PST (09:33 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 11, 2014, 2:06 AM PST
Expired: Jan 12, 2014, 3:22 PM PST
In force: 37 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Mason County, WA

The radar

The Langley Hill radar (KLGX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Skokomish River near Potlatch (SRPW1). The gauge peaked at 17.31 ft at Jan 11, 2014, 11:00 AM PST.

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 warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 10, 10:40 PM PST, 2 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1040 PM PST FRI JAN 10 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1035 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 1 NNW CLINTON           47.99N 122.36W
01/10/2014  E35 MPH          ISLAND             WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SUSTAINED WINDS 15-20 MPH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. ON THE BLUFF

            AT CLINTON. SOUTH END OF WHIDBEY ISLAND ON THE EAST SIDE.

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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 11, 1:30 AM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW	San Juan	24 hr
Jan 11, 1:31 AM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW		31 hr
Jan 11, 1:31 AM PST	High Surf Warning	SEW		31 hr
Jan 11, 4:19 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Clallam	14 hr
Jan 11, 10:05 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	20 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2014 Every river flood warning in 2014

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.