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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Seattle, WA

March 13, 2026Thurston County, Washington

NWS Seattle, WA issued this river flood warning at Mar 13, 2026, 8:34 AM PDT for Thurston County, Washington. It took effect at Mar 13, 2026, 2:23 PM PDT. It was in force for 43 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 2026, 8:34 AM PDT (15:34 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 13, 2026, 2:23 PM PDT
Expired
Mar 15, 2026, 9:19 AM PDT
In force
43 hr
Issued by
NWS Seattle, WA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Thurston County, WA

The radar

The Langley Hill radar (KLGX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:37 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 Skookumchuck River near Bucoda (BCDW1). The gauge peaked at 214.20 ft at Mar 14, 2026, 8:00 AM PDT.

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Action stage
209.5 ft
Minor stage
211.5 ft
Moderate stage
213 ft
Major stage
215 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12026400, 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 Mar 13, 4:12 AM PDT, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 4:12 AM PDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 8:20 AM PDTWinter Weather AdvisorySEWKing, Pierce, Snohomish27 hr
Mar 13, 8:34 AM PDTRiver Flood WarningSEWLewis28 hr
Mar 13, 2:39 PM PDTSmall Craft AdvisorySEW32 hr
Mar 13, 3:14 PM PDTRiver Flood WarningSEWGrays Harbor, Thurston50 hr
Mar 13, 4:53 PM PDTRiver Flood WarningSEWGrays Harbor3 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2026Every river flood warning in 2026

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.