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River Flood Warning 72, NWS Seattle, WA

December 18, 2025King County, Pierce County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Dec 18, 2025, 12:49 PM PST for King County, Pierce County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 18, 2025, 3:54 PM PST. It was in force for 51 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 18, 2025, 12:49 PM PST (20:49 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 18, 2025, 3:54 PM PST
Expired
Dec 20, 2025, 6:49 PM PST
In force
51 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties King County, WA, Pierce County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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 White River at Mud Mtn. Dam - Outflow (MMRW1).

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 7:37 PM PSTCoastal Flood AdvisorySEWSan Juan12 hr
Dec 17, 7:37 PM PSTCoastal Flood AdvisorySEWClallam17 hr
Dec 18, 1:51 PM PSTWinter Storm WarningSEWKing, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom58 hr
Dec 18, 3:12 PM PSTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW59 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2025Every river flood warning in 2025

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.