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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Jan 28, 2024, 12:19 PM PST for Whatcom County, Washington. It took effect at Jan 28, 2024, 2:28 PM PST. It was in force for 28 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 2024, 12:19 PM PST (20:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2024, 2:28 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2024, 6:48 PM PST
- In force
- 28 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 20:18 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 Ferndale (NKSW1). The gauge peaked at 18.66 ft at Jan 29, 2024, 8:00 AM PST.
- Action stage
- 15 ft
- Minor stage
- 18 ft
- Moderate stage
- 20.5 ft
- Major stage
- 23 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12213100, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 8:14 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 6 days | |
| Jan 28, 7:49 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Whatcom | 6 hr |
| Jan 28, 7:49 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Whatcom | 12 hr |
| Jan 28, 9:42 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 12 hr |
| Jan 28, 11:30 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 5 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:17 PM PST | Areal Flood Warning | SEW | Whatcom | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:32 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 5 days |
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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.