Alert archive / Washington / River Flood Warnings in 2020
River Flood Warning 50, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Feb 5, 2020, 10:20 PM PST for Pierce County, Washington. It took effect at Feb 6, 2020, 3:07 AM PST. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2020, 10:20 PM PST (06:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 6, 2020, 3:07 AM PST
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2020, 6:20 PM PST
- In force
- 39 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Seattle, WA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Pierce County, WA
The radar
The Seattle radar (KATX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:24 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 Puyallup River near Orting (ORTW1). The gauge peaked at 11.18 ft at Feb 7, 2020, 3:00 AM PST.
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12093500, 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 5, 8:34 PM PST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 8:34 PM PST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 5, 5:12 PM PST, 5 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
512 PM PST WED FEB 5 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 S COUPEVILLE 48.19N 122.68W
02/05/2020 M2.25 INCH Island WA TRAINED SPOTTER
RAINFALL FROM MIDNIGHT TO 5 PM. STILL RAINING
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GRUBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 5:17 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | King | 21 days |
| Feb 5, 5:17 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | King | 21 days |
| Feb 5, 5:17 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | King | 6 days |
| Feb 5, 6:59 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | King | 35 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:38 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Pierce | 44 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:45 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 11 hr | |
| Feb 6, 4:06 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 61 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:06 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 4 days |
| Feb 6, 4:06 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 22 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:06 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Pierce | 40 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:06 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Lewis, Pierce | 46 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:06 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Pierce, Thurston | 57 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:06 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Lewis | 67 hr |
| Feb 6, 7:40 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SEW | King, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish | 4 hr |
| Feb 6, 7:45 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SEW | Island | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:05 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 21 hr | |
| Feb 6, 11:52 AM PST | Areal Flood Warning | SEW | King, Pierce, Snohomish | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:09 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SEW | 13 hr | |
| Feb 6, 1:20 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 11 hr | |
| Feb 6, 1:22 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 13 hr | |
| Feb 6, 3:38 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Lewis | 36 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.