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River Flood Warning 73, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Dec 18, 2025, 5:01 PM PST for Lewis County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 19, 2025, 4:42 AM PST. It was in force for 25 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2025, 5:01 PM PST (01:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2025, 4:42 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2025, 5:27 AM PST
- In force
- 25 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 01:01 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 19.84 ft at Dec 19, 2025, 9:00 AM PST.
- 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Seattle, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 1:10 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Grays Harbor | 62 hr |
| Dec 19, 5:02 AM PST | Coastal Flood Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 4 hr |
| Dec 19, 8:58 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 8 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:31 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 19 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.