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Flood Watch 11, NWS Seattle, WA

October 7, 2016Mason County, Snohomish County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this flood watch at Oct 7, 2016, 1:52 PM PDT for Mason County, Snohomish County, Washington. It took effect at Oct 8, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 7, 2016, 1:52 PM PDT (20:52 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 8, 2016, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired: Oct 9, 2016, 5:37 AM PDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA
Flood severity: None

Counties Mason County, WA, Snohomish County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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 Oct 7, 8:54 AM PDT, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 8:54 AM PDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 7, 8:42 AM PDT, 5 hours 10 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
Oct 7, 3:12 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		18 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Washington, 2016 Every 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.