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River Flood Warning 77, NWS Seattle, WA

December 26, 2022Whatcom County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Dec 26, 2022, 11:58 AM PST for Whatcom County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 26, 2022, 2:37 PM PST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 26, 2022, 11:58 AM PST (19:58 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 26, 2022, 2:37 PM PST
Expired
Dec 27, 2022, 2:41 AM PST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Whatcom County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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 Nooksack River at North Cedarvillle (NRKW1). The gauge peaked at 146.24 ft at Dec 26, 2022, 2:00 PM PST.

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Action stage
144.8 ft
Minor stage
146.5 ft
Moderate stage
148 ft
Major stage
150 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12210700, 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 26, 9:31 AM PST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 9:31 AM PST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 25, 8:13 PM PSTGale WarningSEW56 hr
Dec 25, 8:38 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW13 hr
Dec 26, 3:04 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisorySEW10 hr
Dec 26, 3:26 AM PSTHigh Wind WatchSEW12 hr
Dec 26, 3:26 AM PSTWind AdvisorySEWSan Juan10 hr
Dec 26, 4:05 AM PSTGale WatchSEW12 hr
Dec 26, 4:05 AM PSTGale WatchSEW12 hr
Dec 26, 4:05 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW15 hr
Dec 26, 10:33 AM PSTFlood WatchSEWClallam, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap and 8 more38 hr
Dec 26, 12:04 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSnohomish19 hr
Dec 26, 1:33 PM PSTCoastal Flood AdvisorySEW3 hr
Dec 26, 1:33 PM PSTCoastal Flood AdvisorySEWSan Juan23 hr
Dec 26, 1:33 PM PSTHigh Surf WarningSEW14 hr
Dec 26, 3:02 PM PSTWind AdvisorySEW18 min
Dec 26, 3:02 PM PSTWind AdvisorySEWSan Juan13 hr
Dec 26, 3:28 PM PSTRiver Flood WarningSEWSkagit45 hr
Dec 26, 3:42 PM PSTGale WarningSEW36 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.