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River Flood Warning 73, NWS Seattle, WA

December 21, 2020Snohomish County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Dec 21, 2020, 6:57 PM PST for Snohomish County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 21, 2020, 9:09 PM PST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 21, 2020, 6:57 PM PST (02:57 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 21, 2020, 9:09 PM PST
Expired: Dec 22, 2020, 7:50 AM PST
In force: 11 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 02:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Fork Stillaguamish River near Granite Falls (GFLW1). The gauge peaked at 13.50 ft at Dec 21, 2020, 7:00 PM PST.

Action stage: 12.9 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12161000, 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 Dec 21, 3:54 PM PST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 3:54 PM PST, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 21, 1:20 PM PST, 5 hours 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 21, 3:48 PM PST, 3 hours 9 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
Dec 21, 4:19 PM PST	Flood Watch	SEW	Snohomish	4 hr
Dec 21, 7:36 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	14 hr
Dec 22, 2:23 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		22 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.