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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Seattle, WA

February 17, 2014Thurston County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Feb 17, 2014, 7:59 AM PST for Thurston County, Washington. It took effect at Feb 17, 2014, 8:51 AM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 17, 2014, 7:59 AM PST (15:59 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 17, 2014, 8:51 AM PST
Expired: Feb 17, 2014, 8:42 PM PST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Thurston County, WA

The radar

The Langley Hill radar (KLGX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:02 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 Deschutes River near Rainier (DSRW1).

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 13.5 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12079000, 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 Feb 17, 3:00 AM PST, 4 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 3:00 AM PST, 4 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 17, 6:11 AM PST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 17, 6:37 AM PST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
637 AM PST MON FEB 17 2014

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

0636 AM     HEAVY RAIN       CURTIS                  46.59N 123.11W
02/17/2014  M2.50 INCH       LEWIS              WA   PUBLIC

            12 HOUR TOTAL

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 17, 3:04 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		61 hr
Feb 17, 3:23 AM PST	Winter Storm Watch	SEW		11 hr
Feb 17, 10:08 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis	17 hr
Feb 17, 11:29 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis, Thurston	26 hr
Feb 17, 2:25 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	SEW		37 hr
Feb 17, 2:25 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		32 hr
Feb 17, 2:28 PM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW	San Juan	25 hr
Feb 17, 2:32 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		33 hr
Feb 17, 2:32 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		37 hr
Feb 17, 3:39 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Grays Harbor	4 days
Feb 17, 3:39 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Thurston	68 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.