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Flood Watch 3, NWS Seattle, WA

January 27, 20187 counties in Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this flood watch at Jan 27, 2018, 9:58 PM PST for 7 counties in Washington. It took effect at Jan 28, 2018, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 27, 2018, 9:58 PM PST (05:58 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 28, 2018, 4:00 PM PST
Expired: Jan 30, 2018, 3:24 AM PST
In force: 35 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA
Flood severity: None

Counties Clallam County, WA, Grays Harbor County, WA, Jefferson County, WA, Mason County, WA, Skagit County, WA, Snohomish County, WA, Whatcom County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:01 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 27, 9:25 PM PST, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 9:25 PM PST, 33 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 27, 9:04 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW	6 hr
Jan 28, 8:28 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW	19 hr
Jan 28, 8:28 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	SEW	3 days

Nearby

Flood Watches in Washington, 2018 Every flood watch in 2018

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.