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Flood Watch 10, NWS Seattle, WA

March 12, 2016Mason County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this flood watch at Mar 12, 2016, 3:33 AM PST for Mason County, Washington. It took effect at Mar 13, 2016, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2016, 3:33 AM PST (11:33 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 13, 2016, 12:00 PM PDT
Expired
Mar 14, 2016, 3:56 AM PDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA
Flood severity
None

County Mason County, WA

The radar

The Langley Hill radar (KLGX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Mar 12, 3:03 AM PST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 3:03 AM PST, 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 2:48 AM PSTSmall Craft Advisory for Rough BarSEW4 days
Mar 12, 3:43 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchSEW10 hr
Mar 12, 1:58 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningSEWSan Juan31 hr
Mar 12, 1:59 PM PSTWinter Storm WarningSEW45 hr
Mar 12, 1:59 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisorySEW69 hr
Mar 12, 3:17 PM PSTGale WarningSEW29 hr
Mar 12, 3:17 PM PSTStorm WarningSEW29 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Washington, 2016Every flood watch in 2016

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.