Alert archive / Washington / River Flood Warnings in 2018

River Flood Warning 80, NWS Seattle, WA

November 28, 2018Whatcom County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Nov 28, 2018, 3:23 AM PST for Whatcom County, Washington. It took effect at Nov 28, 2018, 3:41 AM PST. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 28, 2018, 3:23 AM PST (11:23 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 28, 2018, 3:41 AM PST
Expired: Nov 28, 2018, 6:03 AM PST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Whatcom County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Nooksack River at Ferndale (NKSW1).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 20.5 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12213100, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Nov 27, 9:55 AM PST, 17 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 27, 9:55 AM PST, 17 hours 28 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2018 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.