Alert archive / Washington / Flood Watches in 2016
Flood Watch 3, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this flood watch at Jan 25, 2016, 3:01 PM PST for 7 counties in Washington. It took effect at Jan 27, 2016, 6:00 PM PST. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2016, 3:01 PM PST (23:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 27, 2016, 6:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2016, 3:29 AM PST
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Seattle, WA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clallam County, WA, Grays Harbor County, WA, King County, WA, Mason County, WA, Skagit County, WA, Snohomish County, WA, Whatcom County, WA
The radar
The Seattle radar (KATX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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 Jan 25, 9:42 AM PST, 5 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 9:42 AM PST, 5 hours 19 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 3:23 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Jan 25, 3:23 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 21 hr |
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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.