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River Flood Warning 110, NWS Seattle, WA

December 8, 2015Snohomish County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Dec 8, 2015, 10:45 AM PST for Snohomish County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 9, 2015, 12:22 AM PST. It was in force for 64 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 8, 2015, 10:45 AM PST (18:45 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 9, 2015, 12:22 AM PST
Expired
Dec 11, 2015, 4:38 PM PST
In force
64 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Major

County Snohomish County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 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 Snohomish River at Snohomish (SNAW1). The gauge peaked at 30.18 ft at Dec 9, 2015, 5:00 PM PST.

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Action stage
20 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
27 ft
Major stage
29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12155500, 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 Dec 7, 3:30 PM PST, 19 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 3:30 PM PST, 19 hours 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 7, 4:03 PM PSTGale WatchSEW5 hr
Dec 7, 4:03 PM PSTGale WarningSEW4 days
Dec 7, 4:03 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW5 hr
Dec 7, 4:03 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasSEW5 hr
Dec 8, 2:50 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW30 hr
Dec 8, 3:47 AM PSTHigh Wind WatchSEW11 hr
Dec 8, 5:16 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing43 hr
Dec 8, 7:59 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish40 hr
Dec 8, 7:59 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish47 hr
Dec 8, 7:59 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWThurston5 days
Dec 8, 7:59 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWClallam31 hr
Dec 8, 7:59 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWWhatcom35 hr
Dec 8, 8:44 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish46 hr
Dec 8, 8:44 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing44 hr
Dec 8, 8:44 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing66 hr
Dec 8, 8:44 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis68 hr
Dec 8, 10:45 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWWhatcom39 hr
Dec 8, 10:45 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSkagit55 hr
Dec 8, 10:45 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish65 hr
Dec 8, 12:12 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis, Pierce42 hr
Dec 8, 12:12 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis35 hr
Dec 8, 12:12 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis47 hr
Dec 8, 2:46 PM PSTWind AdvisorySEW15 hr
Dec 8, 3:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish24 hr
Dec 8, 3:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing3 days
Dec 8, 3:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWPierce29 hr
Dec 8, 3:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWPierce28 hr
Dec 8, 3:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWThurston38 hr
Dec 8, 3:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWThurston51 hr
Dec 8, 3:07 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis29 hr
Dec 8, 3:14 PM PSTCoastal Flood WatchSEW23 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2015Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.