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River Flood Warning 35, NWS Seattle, WA

December 21, 2019Grays Harbor County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Dec 21, 2019, 10:56 AM PST for Grays Harbor County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 21, 2019, 10:35 PM PST. It was in force for 61 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 21, 2019, 10:56 AM PST (18:56 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 21, 2019, 10:35 PM PST
Expired
Dec 24, 2019, 11:13 AM PST
In force
61 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Grays Harbor County, WA

The radar

The Langley Hill radar (KLGX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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 Chehalis River at Porter (CRPW1). The gauge peaked at 48.58 ft at Dec 23, 2019, 2:00 AM PST.

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Action stage
45.5 ft
Minor stage
48 ft
Moderate stage
50 ft
Major stage
52 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12031000, 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, 5:25 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish14 hr
Dec 21, 6:06 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisorySEW16 hr
Dec 21, 10:56 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis15 hr

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.