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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Seattle, WA

January 31, 2020Whatcom County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Jan 31, 2020, 9:46 PM PST for Whatcom County, Washington. It took effect at Feb 1, 2020, 5:59 AM PST. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 31, 2020, 9:46 PM PST (05:46 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 1, 2020, 5:59 AM PST
Expired
Feb 3, 2020, 3:19 AM PST
In force
45 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 05:45 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 Jan 31, 3:24 PM PST, 6 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 3:24 PM PST, 6 hours 22 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 31, 8:55 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWWhatcom31 hr
Jan 31, 8:55 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWWhatcom36 hr
Jan 31, 8:55 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish34 hr
Jan 31, 9:46 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSkagit43 hr
Jan 31, 9:46 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish66 hr
Jan 31, 9:46 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish66 hr
Feb 1, 12:58 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWClallam22 hr
Feb 1, 1:50 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing, Pierce58 hr
Feb 1, 2:43 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish19 hr
Feb 1, 4:54 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSkagit48 hr
Feb 1, 7:20 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish15 hr
Feb 1, 8:28 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWGrays Harbor23 hr
Feb 1, 8:51 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW55 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2020Every 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.