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River Flood Warning 130, NWS Seattle, WA

December 9, 2015Lewis County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Dec 9, 2015, 5:29 PM PST for Lewis County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 9, 2015, 7:44 PM PST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 9, 2015, 5:29 PM PST (01:29 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 9, 2015, 7:44 PM PST
Expired: Dec 10, 2015, 10:45 AM PST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Lewis County, WA

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Skookumchuck River at Centralia (CTAW1).

Action stage: 187 ft
Minor stage: 189 ft
Moderate stage: 190 ft
Major stage: 191 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12026600, 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 9, 3:30 PM PST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 3:30 PM PST, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 9, 3:31 PM PST, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 9, 10:05 PM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		13 hr
Dec 9, 10:05 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		28 hr
Dec 9, 10:05 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		13 hr
Dec 10, 3:58 AM PST	Coastal Flood Watch	SEW		12 hr
Dec 10, 9:52 AM PST	High Wind Warning	SEW		5 hr
Dec 10, 11:11 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		4 hr
Dec 10, 2:43 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		24 hr
Dec 10, 3:28 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW	San Juan	24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2015 Every 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.