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River Flood Warning 55, NWS Seattle, WA

November 13, 2015Whatcom County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Nov 13, 2015, 12:00 PM PST for Whatcom County, Washington. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 13, 2015, 12:00 PM PST (20:00 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 2015, 3:30 PM PST
In force: 28 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Whatcom County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Nooksack River at North Cedarvillle (NRKW1).

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 Nov 13, 9:58 AM PST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 13, 9:58 AM PST, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 13, 8:47 AM PST, 3 hours 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 13, 9:31 AM PST, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 13, 10:20 AM PST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 13, 11:56 AM PST, 4 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
Nov 12, 8:39 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Mason	4 days
Nov 12, 9:24 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Clallam	39 hr
Nov 13, 3:22 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Clallam	31 hr
Nov 13, 3:22 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Grays Harbor	44 hr
Nov 13, 3:52 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	41 hr
Nov 13, 5:51 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	48 hr
Nov 13, 8:07 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Clallam	15 hr
Nov 13, 8:37 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Whatcom	16 hr
Nov 13, 8:37 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	31 hr
Nov 13, 8:37 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	27 hr
Nov 13, 9:30 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	36 hr
Nov 13, 9:30 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	65 hr
Nov 13, 12:00 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Skagit	48 hr
Nov 13, 12:00 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	43 hr
Nov 13, 2:38 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	23 hr
Nov 13, 3:00 PM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		18 hr
Nov 13, 3:00 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		25 hr
Nov 13, 3:11 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	SEW		13 hr

Nearby

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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.