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River Flood Warning 37, NWS Seattle, WA

November 4, 2014Clallam County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Nov 4, 2014, 12:39 AM PST for Clallam County, Washington. It took effect at Nov 4, 2014, 4:00 AM PST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 4, 2014, 12:39 AM PST (08:39 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 4, 2014, 4:00 AM PST
Expired: Nov 4, 2014, 1:00 PM PST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Clallam County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 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 Bogachiel River near La Push (BOGW1).

Action stage: 35 ft
Minor stage: 37 ft
Major stage: 41 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12043015, 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 Nov 3, 9:28 PM PST, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 3, 9:28 PM PST, 3 hours 11 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
Nov 3, 7:35 PM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW	San Juan	7 hr
Nov 4, 12:39 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Mason	29 hr
Nov 4, 2:48 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		24 hr
Nov 4, 5:18 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	23 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.