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Flood Watch 4, NWS Seattle, WA

February 7, 2015Skagit County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this flood watch at Feb 7, 2015, 8:54 AM PST for Skagit County, Washington. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 7, 2015, 8:54 AM PST (16:54 UTC)
Expired: Feb 7, 2015, 12:00 PM PST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA
Flood severity: None

County Skagit County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:57 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 7, 3:10 AM PST, 5 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 3:10 AM PST, 5 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 7, 6:45 AM PST, 2 hours 9 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
Feb 6, 4:07 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		5 hr
Feb 6, 7:10 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		6 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Washington, 2015 Every flood watch in 2015

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.