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River Flood Warning 121, NWS Seattle, WA

December 8, 2015Grays Harbor County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Dec 8, 2015, 5:40 PM PST for Grays Harbor County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 9, 2015, 1:44 AM PST. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 8, 2015, 5:40 PM PST (01:40 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 9, 2015, 1:44 AM PST
Expired
Dec 14, 2015, 9:20 AM PST
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

County Grays Harbor County, WA

The radar

The Langley Hill radar (KLGX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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 Chehalis River at Porter (CRPW1).

Action stage
45.5 ft
Minor stage
48 ft
Moderate stage
50 ft
Major stage
52 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12031000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 8, 8:56 PM PSTGale WarningSEW54 hr
Dec 8, 10:58 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSkagit54 hr
Dec 8, 10:58 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWPierce26 hr
Dec 9, 2:51 AM PSTHigh Wind WatchSEW12 hr
Dec 9, 2:51 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisorySEW12 hr
Dec 9, 2:53 AM PSTGale WatchSEW12 hr
Dec 9, 4:31 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing38 hr
Dec 9, 5:02 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing18 hr
Dec 9, 5:07 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWPierce, Thurston57 hr
Dec 9, 6:23 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWClallam13 hr
Dec 9, 8:57 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish17 hr
Dec 9, 2:06 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis31 hr
Dec 9, 2:20 PM PSTCoastal Flood WarningSEW38 hr
Dec 9, 2:20 PM PSTCoastal Flood AdvisorySEWSan Juan28 hr
Dec 9, 2:34 PM PSTWind AdvisorySEWSan Juan28 hr
Dec 9, 2:40 PM PSTGale WatchSEW7 hr
Dec 9, 2:40 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW7 hr
Dec 9, 2:51 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisorySEW33 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.