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River Flood Warning 73, NWS Seattle, WA

November 5, 2022Snohomish County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Nov 5, 2022, 3:20 AM PDT for Snohomish County, Washington. It was in force for 75 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 5, 2022, 3:20 AM PDT (10:20 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 2022, 4:35 AM PDT
In force
75 min
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 10:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 South Fork Stillaguamish River near Granite Falls (GFLW1).

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 Nov 5, 3:17 AM PDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 3:17 AM PDT, 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 4, 9:03 PM PDTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis15 hr
Nov 4, 11:32 PM PDTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish17 hr
Nov 4, 11:57 PM PDTRiver Flood WarningSEWWhatcom7 hr
Nov 5, 12:34 AM PDTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis18 hr
Nov 5, 12:39 AM PDTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish18 hr
Nov 5, 1:58 AM PDTWind AdvisorySEW10 hr
Nov 5, 2:34 PM PDTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW22 hr

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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.