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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Seattle, WA

October 21, 2014Mason County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Oct 21, 2014, 8:13 PM PDT for Mason County, Washington. It took effect at Oct 22, 2014, 2:31 AM PDT. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 21, 2014, 8:13 PM PDT (03:13 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 22, 2014, 2:31 AM PDT
Expired: Oct 23, 2014, 10:14 PM PDT
In force: 44 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 03:13 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 17.21 ft at Oct 23, 2014, 4:00 AM PDT.

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.

NWS Seattle, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Oct 21, 3:40 PM PDT, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 21, 3:40 PM PDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 22, 2:21 AM PDT	High Wind Warning	SEW	San Juan	6 hr
Oct 22, 8:45 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		6 hr
Oct 22, 8:45 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		33 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.