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River Flood Warning 80, NWS Seattle, WA

December 27, 2022Lewis County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Dec 27, 2022, 9:19 AM PST for Lewis County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 27, 2022, 1:40 PM PST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 27, 2022, 9:19 AM PST (17:19 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 27, 2022, 1:40 PM PST
Expired
Dec 27, 2022, 5:26 PM PST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Lewis County, WA

The radar

The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 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 Cowlitz River at Randle (RAWW1). The gauge peaked at 17.66 ft at Dec 27, 2022, 6:00 PM PST.

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Action stage
13.2 ft
Minor stage
18 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 14231000, 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 27, 8:28 AM PST, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 8:28 AM PST, 51 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 27, 3:39 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningSEW21 hr
Dec 27, 3:39 AM PSTWind AdvisorySEWSan Juan21 hr
Dec 27, 3:42 AM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW11 hr
Dec 27, 3:42 AM PSTStorm WarningSEW21 hr
Dec 27, 3:44 AM PSTCoastal Flood WarningSEW18 hr
Dec 27, 3:49 AM PSTWinter Weather AdvisorySEW30 hr
Dec 27, 3:00 PM PSTCoastal Flood AdvisorySEWSan Juan22 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.