Alert archive / Washington / Flood Watches in 2020
Flood Watch 3, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this flood watch at Jan 21, 2020, 2:28 AM PST for 4 counties in Washington. It took effect at Jan 21, 2020, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 63 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2020, 2:28 AM PST (10:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2020, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2020, 6:40 AM PST
- In force
- 63 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Seattle, WA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clallam County, WA, Grays Harbor County, WA, Jefferson County, WA, Mason County, WA
The radar
The Langley Hill radar (KLGX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:28 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 Jan 21, 2:11 AM PST, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 2:11 AM PST, 17 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 7:22 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | SEW | Clallam | 23 min |
| Jan 21, 7:44 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | SEW | Clallam | 31 min |
| Jan 21, 7:54 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | SEW | Grays Harbor | 36 min |
| Jan 21, 8:00 AM PST | Special Marine Warning | SEW | 30 min | |
| Jan 21, 2:26 PM PST | Flood Watch | SEW | King, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Thurston and 1 more | 64 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:38 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 43 hr |
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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.