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Flood Watch 8, NWS Seattle, WA

November 1, 20184 counties in Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this flood watch at Nov 1, 2018, 1:57 PM PDT for 4 counties in Washington. It took effect at Nov 1, 2018, 2:24 PM PDT. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 1, 2018, 1:57 PM PDT (20:57 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 1, 2018, 2:24 PM PDT
Expired: Nov 2, 2018, 6:57 PM PDT
In force: 29 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA
Flood severity: None

Counties King County, WA, Skagit County, WA, Snohomish County, WA, Whatcom County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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 Nov 1, 8:13 AM PDT, 5 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 1, 8:13 AM PDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 1, 11:53 AM PDT, 2 hours 4 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
Oct 31, 5:19 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW	6 hr
Nov 1, 2:36 AM PDT	Gale Watch	SEW	12 hr
Nov 1, 2:36 AM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW	36 hr
Nov 1, 2:36 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW	36 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.