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Flood Watch 3, NWS Seattle, WA

February 3, 20158 counties in Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this flood watch at Feb 3, 2015, 2:56 PM PST for 8 counties in Washington. It took effect at Feb 5, 2015, 10:00 AM PST. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 3, 2015, 2:56 PM PST (22:56 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 5, 2015, 10:00 AM PST
Expired
Feb 7, 2015, 4:00 AM PST
In force
42 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA
Flood severity
None

Counties Clallam County, WA, Grays Harbor County, WA, Jefferson County, WA, Mason County, WA, Pierce County, WA, Skagit County, WA, Snohomish County, WA, Whatcom County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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 Feb 3, 8:45 AM PST, 6 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 8:45 AM PST, 6 hours 11 minutes before
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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.