Alert archive / Washington / Flood Watches in 2015
Flood Watch 2, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this flood watch at Jan 16, 2015, 2:35 PM PST for 6 counties in Washington. It took effect at Jan 17, 2015, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2015, 2:35 PM PST (22:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 17, 2015, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2015, 5:53 AM PST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Seattle, WA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Grays Harbor County, WA, King County, WA, Lewis County, WA, Mason County, WA, Pierce County, WA, Thurston County, WA
The radar
The Langley Hill radar (KLGX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Jan 16, 9:45 AM PST, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 9:45 AM PST, 4 hours 50 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2:49 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Jan 16, 8:34 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Jan 16, 2:58 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Jan 16, 2:58 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr |
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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.