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Flood Watch 4, NWS Seattle, WA

February 2, 20187 counties in Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this flood watch at Feb 2, 2018, 1:49 PM PST for 7 counties in Washington. It took effect at Feb 4, 2018, 12:00 AM PST. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 2, 2018, 1:49 PM PST (21:49 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 4, 2018, 12:00 AM PST
Expired
Feb 5, 2018, 3:45 AM PST
In force
28 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA
Flood severity
None

Counties King County, WA, Lewis County, WA, Pierce County, WA, Skagit County, WA, Snohomish County, WA, Thurston County, WA, Whatcom County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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 2, 10:04 AM PST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 2, 10:04 AM PST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 2, 2:56 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW22 hr
Feb 2, 8:56 AM PSTGale WarningSEW12 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Washington, 2018Every 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.