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River Flood Warning 37, NWS Seattle, WA

February 1, 2020Snohomish County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Feb 1, 2020, 7:20 AM PST for Snohomish County, Washington. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 1, 2020, 7:20 AM PST (15:20 UTC)
Expired
Feb 1, 2020, 10:07 PM PST
In force
15 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 15:21 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).

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.

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 Feb 1, 3:11 AM PST, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 3:11 AM PST, 4 hours 9 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 WarningSEWWhatcom54 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, 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.