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Flood Watch 5, NWS Seattle, WA

February 15, 2017Whatcom County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this flood watch at Feb 15, 2017, 11:10 AM PST for Whatcom County, Washington. It took effect at Feb 15, 2017, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 15, 2017, 11:10 AM PST (19:10 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 15, 2017, 4:00 PM PST
Expired: Feb 16, 2017, 10:07 AM PST
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA

County Whatcom County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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 15, 8:25 AM PST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 8:25 AM PST, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 15, 7:23 AM PST, 3 hours 47 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
Feb 14, 8:01 PM PST	Freezing Rain Advisory	SEW		16 hr
Feb 15, 2:34 AM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW	San Juan	7 hr
Feb 15, 2:51 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		28 hr
Feb 15, 2:32 PM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW	San Juan	16 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Washington, 2017 Every flood watch in 2017

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.