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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Seattle, WA

January 5, 2015Whatcom County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Jan 5, 2015, 2:54 PM PST for Whatcom County, Washington. It took effect at Jan 5, 2015, 4:28 PM PST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 5, 2015, 2:54 PM PST (22:54 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 5, 2015, 4:28 PM PST
Expired
Jan 6, 2015, 8:16 AM PST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Whatcom County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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 Nooksack River at North Cedarvillle (NRKW1). The gauge peaked at 146.27 ft at Jan 5, 2015, 7:00 PM PST.

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Action stage
144.8 ft
Minor stage
146.5 ft
Moderate stage
148 ft
Major stage
150 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12210700, 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 Jan 5, 2:15 PM PST, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 2:15 PM PST, 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 4, 8:27 PM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Rough BarSEW25 hr
Jan 4, 9:36 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWMason40 hr
Jan 5, 12:01 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWClallam21 hr
Jan 5, 1:10 AM PSTAreal Flood WarningSEWGrays Harbor, Jefferson12 hr
Jan 5, 1:20 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW24 hr
Jan 5, 3:55 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis35 hr
Jan 5, 3:55 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish21 hr
Jan 5, 3:55 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish15 hr
Jan 5, 3:55 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish28 hr
Jan 5, 3:55 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing31 hr
Jan 5, 3:55 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing52 hr
Jan 5, 8:47 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWGrays Harbor24 hr
Jan 5, 8:55 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish23 hr
Jan 5, 10:56 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis, Thurston27 hr
Jan 5, 2:54 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish50 hr
Jan 5, 2:57 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW9 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.