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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Seattle, WA

March 6, 2014Lewis County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Mar 6, 2014, 3:52 AM PST for Lewis County, Washington. It took effect at Mar 6, 2014, 3:57 PM PST. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 2014, 3:52 AM PST (11:52 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 6, 2014, 3:57 PM PST
Expired
Mar 8, 2014, 12:26 AM PST
In force
32 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Lewis County, WA

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Cowlitz River at Randle (RAWW1). The gauge peaked at 17.14 ft at Mar 6, 2014, 2:00 PM PST.

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Action stage
13.2 ft
Minor stage
18 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 14231000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 3:52 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing47 hr
Mar 6, 3:52 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWPierce37 hr
Mar 6, 5:04 AM PSTWind AdvisorySEW10 hr
Mar 6, 5:15 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis28 hr
Mar 6, 8:59 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisorySEW19 hr
Mar 6, 2:34 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasSEW12 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2014Every 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.