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River Flood Warning 60, NWS Seattle, WA

November 13, 2015Skagit County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Nov 13, 2015, 8:11 PM PST for Skagit County, Washington. It took effect at Nov 14, 2015, 3:46 AM PST. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 13, 2015, 8:11 PM PST (04:11 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 14, 2015, 3:46 AM PST
Expired: Nov 15, 2015, 4:21 PM PST
In force: 37 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Skagit County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Skagit River near Mt Vernon (MVEW1). The gauge peaked at 28.86 ft at Nov 14, 2015, 3:00 PM PST.

Action stage: 23.5 ft
Minor stage: 28 ft
Moderate stage: 30 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12200500, 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, 4:01 PM PST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 13, 4:01 PM PST, 4 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 13, 2:28 PM PST, 5 hours 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 13, 5:02 PM PST, 3 hours 9 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 13, 5:03 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	58 hr
Nov 14, 2:41 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		54 hr
Nov 14, 4:03 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	SEW		30 hr
Nov 14, 8:10 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis	25 hr
Nov 14, 10:17 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis	18 hr
Nov 14, 2:44 PM PST	Flood Watch	SEW	Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis and 6 more	5 days
Nov 14, 3:46 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Thurston	65 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.