Alert archive / Washington / River Flood Warnings in 2022

River Flood Warning 49, NWS Seattle, WA

February 28, 2022Grays Harbor County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Feb 28, 2022, 10:25 PM PST for Grays Harbor County, Washington. It took effect at Mar 1, 2022, 3:27 AM PST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 28, 2022, 10:25 PM PST (06:25 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 1, 2022, 3:27 AM PST
Expired
Mar 1, 2022, 9:10 AM PST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Grays Harbor County, WA

The radar

The Langley Hill radar (KLGX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:28 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 Satsop River near Satsop (SATW1). The gauge peaked at 37.98 ft at Mar 1, 2022, 5:00 AM PST.

actionminormoderate30354003/0103/02
Action stage
36 ft
Minor stage
38 ft
Moderate stage
40 ft
Major stage
42 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12035000, 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 28, 3:47 PM PST, 6 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 3:47 PM PST, 6 hours 38 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 4:13 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish30 hr
Feb 28, 4:15 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWPierce30 hr
Feb 28, 5:40 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing, Pierce29 hr
Feb 28, 5:40 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing16 hr
Feb 28, 5:49 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish28 hr
Feb 28, 8:15 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWThurston26 hr
Feb 28, 9:08 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish51 hr
Feb 28, 9:08 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish51 hr
Feb 28, 10:25 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWThurston45 hr
Feb 28, 10:55 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish16 hr
Feb 28, 10:55 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish8 hr
Mar 1, 6:38 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWGrays Harbor3 days
Mar 1, 7:03 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWKing20 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2022Every river flood warning in 2022

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.