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Flood Watch 14, NWS Seattle, WA

October 18, 2016Mason County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this flood watch at Oct 18, 2016, 9:39 AM PDT for Mason County, Washington. It took effect at Oct 20, 2016, 6:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 18, 2016, 9:39 AM PDT (16:39 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 20, 2016, 6:00 AM PDT
Expired
Oct 20, 2016, 11:17 AM PDT
In force
5 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 16:41 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 18, 3:46 AM PDT, 5 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 3:46 AM PDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 9:10 AM PDTGale WatchSEW11 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.