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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Seattle, WA
NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Mar 20, 2026, 9:20 AM PDT for Skagit County, Washington. It took effect at Mar 20, 2026, 9:58 PM PDT. It was in force for 32 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2026, 9:20 AM PDT (16:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 20, 2026, 9:58 PM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2026, 6:05 AM PDT
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Seattle, WA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Moderate
County Skagit County, WA
The radar
The Seattle radar (KATX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Skagit River near Mt Vernon (MVEW1). The gauge peaked at 30.28 ft at Mar 21, 2026, 12:00 PM PDT.
- Action stage
- 23.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 28 ft
- Moderate stage
- 30 ft
- Major stage
- 32 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12200500, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 5:30 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 64 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:11 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 37 hr |
| Mar 20, 1:53 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Mar 20, 2:09 AM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | King | 31 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:51 AM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | King | 23 hr |
| Mar 20, 6:32 AM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 15 hr |
| Mar 20, 6:34 AM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 22 hr |
| Mar 20, 9:28 AM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | Skagit | 16 hr |
| Mar 20, 10:05 AM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | Mason | 15 hr |
| Mar 20, 1:20 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 8 hr |
| Mar 20, 1:23 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | Whatcom | 34 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:16 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | Whatcom | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:31 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | King | 58 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.