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River Flood Warning 61, NWS Seattle, WA

November 14, 2015Lewis County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Nov 14, 2015, 8:10 AM PST for Lewis County, Washington. It took effect at Nov 14, 2015, 2:29 PM PST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 14, 2015, 8:10 AM PST (16:10 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 14, 2015, 2:29 PM PST
Expired: Nov 15, 2015, 8:49 AM PST
In force: 18 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 16:11 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 Cowlitz River at Randle (RAWW1).

Action stage: 13.2 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 14231000, 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 14, 4:22 AM PST, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 14, 4:22 AM PST, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 14, 4:05 AM PST, 4 hours 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 14, 6:56 AM PST, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
656 AM PST SAT NOV 14 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0655 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 NNW EATONVILLE        46.93N 122.30W
11/14/2015  M2.03 INCH       PIERCE             WA   TRAINED SPOTTER

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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 13, 8:11 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Skagit	44 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, 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.