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River Flood Warning 64, NWS Seattle, WA

November 4, 2022Pierce County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Nov 4, 2022, 12:56 PM PDT for Pierce County, Washington. It took effect at Nov 4, 2022, 4:04 PM PDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 4, 2022, 12:56 PM PDT (19:56 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 4, 2022, 4:04 PM PDT
Expired: Nov 5, 2022, 4:49 AM PDT
In force: 13 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 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Carbon River near Fairfax (FFXW1). The gauge peaked at 14.27 ft at Nov 4, 2022, 8:00 PM PDT.

Action stage: 11.6 ft
Minor stage: 13.5 ft
Moderate stage: 14.5 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12094000, 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 Nov 4, 9:46 AM PDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 4, 9:46 AM PDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 4, 9:42 AM PDT, 3 hours 14 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
Nov 4, 3:04 AM PDT	Storm Warning	SEW		26 hr
Nov 4, 3:16 AM PDT	High Wind Warning	SEW		23 hr
Nov 4, 3:16 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	SEW		20 hr
Nov 4, 10:18 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	SEW	Pierce	26 hr
Nov 4, 10:21 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	30 hr
Nov 4, 10:24 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	16 hr
Nov 4, 10:27 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	24 hr
Nov 4, 10:27 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	25 hr
Nov 4, 10:27 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	SEW	Mason	30 hr
Nov 4, 1:43 PM PDT	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	15 hr
Nov 4, 2:59 PM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		9 hr
Nov 4, 3:05 PM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		61 hr
Nov 4, 3:14 PM PDT	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	38 hr
Nov 4, 4:17 PM PDT	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis, Pierce	18 hr

Nearby

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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.