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Flood Watch 7, NWS Seattle, WA

April 13, 2018Lewis County, Thurston County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this flood watch at Apr 13, 2018, 9:43 PM PDT for Lewis County, Thurston County, Washington. It took effect at Apr 15, 2018, 12:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 13, 2018, 9:43 PM PDT (04:43 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 15, 2018, 12:00 AM PDT
Expired: Apr 15, 2018, 2:41 AM PDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA
Flood severity: None

Counties Lewis County, WA, Thurston County, WA

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:44 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 Apr 13, 8:22 PM PDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 8:22 PM PDT, 1 hour 21 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
Apr 13, 7:06 PM PDT	River Flood Warning	SEW	Mason	47 hr
Apr 13, 8:29 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		42 hr
Apr 14, 8:39 AM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		14 hr
Apr 14, 2:35 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		12 hr

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.