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Flood Watch 4, NWS Seattle, WA

February 4, 2016Mason County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this flood watch at Feb 4, 2016, 10:31 AM PST for Mason County, Washington. It took effect at Feb 5, 2016, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 4, 2016, 10:31 AM PST (18:31 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 5, 2016, 4:00 PM PST
Expired
Feb 6, 2016, 3:56 AM PST
In force
12 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 18:33 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 Feb 4, 9:36 AM PST, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 9:36 AM PST, 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 4, 4:21 AM PSTGale WatchSEW5 hr
Feb 4, 8:51 AM PSTGale WarningSEW43 hr
Feb 4, 2:50 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningSEWSan Juan28 hr
Feb 4, 2:50 PM PSTWind AdvisorySEW28 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.