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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Seattle, WA

January 23, 2020Clallam County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Jan 23, 2020, 8:17 AM PST for Clallam County, Washington. It took effect at Jan 23, 2020, 1:10 PM PST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 23, 2020, 8:17 AM PST (16:17 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 23, 2020, 1:10 PM PST
Expired: Jan 24, 2020, 2:02 AM PST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Seattle, WA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Clallam County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Bogachiel River near La Push (BOGW1). The gauge peaked at 37.16 ft at Jan 23, 2020, 1:00 PM PST.

Action stage: 35 ft
Minor stage: 37 ft
Major stage: 41 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12043015, 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 Jan 23, 3:20 AM PST, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 3:20 AM PST, 4 hours 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 23, 8:01 AM PST, 16 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 23, 12:08 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		19 hr
Jan 23, 2:26 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW	San Juan	17 hr
Jan 23, 2:41 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Grays Harbor	30 hr
Jan 23, 3:30 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	15 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2020 Every river flood warning in 2020

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.