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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Seattle, WA

December 21, 2019Snohomish County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Dec 21, 2019, 5:25 AM PST for Snohomish County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 21, 2019, 9:36 AM PST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 21, 2019, 5:25 AM PST (13:25 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 21, 2019, 9:36 AM PST
Expired
Dec 21, 2019, 7:03 PM PST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Snohomish County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:26 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 North Fork Stillaguamish River near Arlington (ARGW1). The gauge peaked at 12.96 ft at Dec 21, 2019, 7:00 AM PST.

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Action stage
10.7 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12167000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 20, 5:39 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish9 hr
Dec 20, 5:53 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWThurston64 hr
Dec 20, 7:09 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish12 hr
Dec 20, 11:16 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish31 hr
Dec 21, 6:06 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisorySEW16 hr
Dec 21, 10:56 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis15 hr
Dec 21, 10:56 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWGrays Harbor3 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2019Every river flood warning in 2019

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.