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Flood Watch 8, NWS Seattle, WA

March 27, 2017Mason County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this flood watch at Mar 27, 2017, 2:11 PM PDT for Mason County, Washington. It took effect at Mar 29, 2017, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 245 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2017, 2:11 PM PDT (21:11 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 29, 2017, 5:00 AM PDT
Expired
Nov 28, 2017, 7:21 PM PST
In force
245 days
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 21:15 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 Mar 27, 9:00 AM PDT, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 9:00 AM PDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 6:53 PM PDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasSEW14 hr
Mar 27, 3:16 AM PDTSmall Craft Advisory for Rough BarSEW4 days
Mar 27, 3:16 AM PDTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW4 days
Mar 27, 2:51 PM PDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasSEW6 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Washington, 2017Every 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.