Alert archive / Washington / Flood Watches in 2016
Flood Watch 6, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this flood watch at Feb 14, 2016, 3:22 PM PST for 9 counties in Washington. It was in force for 43 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2016, 3:22 PM PST (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2016, 10:00 AM PST
- In force
- 43 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Seattle, WA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clallam County, WA, Jefferson County, WA, King County, WA, Lewis County, WA, Mason County, WA, Pierce County, WA, Skagit County, WA, Snohomish County, WA, Whatcom County, WA
The radar
The Seattle radar (KATX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 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 14, 9:30 AM PST, 5 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 9:30 AM PST, 5 hours 52 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 7:03 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Mason | 47 hr |
| Feb 13, 9:09 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 21 hr | |
| Feb 13, 9:26 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 7 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.