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River Flood Warning 45, NWS Seattle, WA

November 25, 2014Lewis County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Nov 25, 2014, 10:18 AM PST for Lewis County, Washington. It took effect at Nov 25, 2014, 3:20 PM PST. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 25, 2014, 10:18 AM PST (18:18 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 25, 2014, 3:20 PM PST
Expired: Nov 26, 2014, 11:18 PM PST
In force: 32 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Lewis County, WA

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 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 19.21 ft at Nov 26, 2014, 1:00 AM PST.

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.

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 25, 9:40 AM PST, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 25, 9:40 AM PST, 38 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 25, 1:50 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		5 days
Nov 25, 1:50 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		7 hr
Nov 25, 7:22 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Pierce	45 hr
Nov 25, 8:33 AM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		18 hr
Nov 25, 8:58 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	43 hr
Nov 25, 8:58 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	48 hr
Nov 25, 8:58 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis, Pierce	19 hr
Nov 25, 10:18 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Pierce	17 hr
Nov 25, 12:23 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis	13 hr
Nov 25, 1:18 PM PST	Areal Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis, Pierce	6 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.