Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Spokane, WA

EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WASHINGTON
100 PM PDT THU JUN 27 1996

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY THROUGH THE EVENING FOR EASTERN
WA AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE PANHANDLE UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

SEVERAL REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN...1 1/4 INCH IN 3 HOURS IN ONE AREA OF
SPOKANE... .78 INCH IN 20 MINUTES IN HILLYARD.  CONSIDERABLE AREAS OF
LOCAL FLOODING...ESPECIALLY STREETS...REPORTED. THUNDER AND
LIGHTNIGHT REPORTS FROM NORTHERN IDAHO.  FORECASTS GENERALLY ON TRACK
AT THIS TIME.  LOOKING AT RADAR...SATELLITE PICTURES EXPECT INCLEMENT
WEATHER TO MOVE OVER ERN WA BY LATE TODAY AND THROUGH PANHANDLE
TONIGHT.  NGM...ETA...AVN IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON H5 HEIGHTS WITH WEAK
RIDGE FOR FRI.  ETA KEEPS A LITTLE STRONGER PVA IN OVR AREA AND THIS
FITS THINKING OF SHOWERS MOVG THROUGH EASTERN PANHANDLE AFTER
MIDNIGHT.  H8 RH KEEPS MORE MOISTURE OVR AREA THAN H7 AND H5 BUT
DRIER WLYS WITH RIDGE SHOULD DAMPEN SLY MOIST FLO. CLD COVER AND RAIN
HOLDING MAX TEMPS DOWN 10 TO 12 DEGREES FROM YDA HIGHS...LUCKY TO HIT
LOW 60S.   URBAN AND SML STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT TO CONTINUE TO 8 PM.

HAMMER

...PRODUCTS BELOW ARE PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT .TO CHANGE...
...PLEASE SEE SEACCFSEA...

GEG UU 052/069 045/073 047 300
COE UU 050/068 042/072 042 610

IDZ009-WAZ006-272000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1101 AM PDT THU JUN 27 1996

CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO BE RIPE FOR STRONG THUNDERSHOWERS AND HEAVY RAIN
SHOWERS OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. A SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD ADVISIORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT.
FLASH FLOOD WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF
THE REGION.

AT 11 AM PDT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEING DETECTED BY T
SPOKANE WSR-88D RADAR OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO
PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS AT THIS TIME WERE LOCATED IN EXTREME
EAST NEZ PERCE AND LEWIS COUNTIES IN IDAHO. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND INTO CLEARWATER COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE
LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL WITH GUSTY WINDS.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST
WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THEM WILL
PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL WITH WIND GUST TO NEAR 40
MPH.

HEAVY RAIN WAS ALREADY REPORTED IN THE SPOKANE VICINITY THIS MORNING.
IN THE SOUTH PART OF THE TOWN RAINFALL NEAR 1.25 INCHES WAS RECORDED.
NORTHEAST OF SPOKANE NEAR HILLYARD AND MEAD .60 TO .78 OF AN INCH OF
RAIN WAS REPORTED IN 20 MINUTES WITH CONSIDERABLE STREET FLOODING IN
MANY AREAS OF SPOKANE AND NORTH AND EAST SPOKANE COUNTY.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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IDZ009-WAZ006-272345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
239 PM PDT THU JUN 27 1996

MUCH OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAD DECREASED OVER
NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO AS OF 230 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER...SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING AND WILL MOVE THROUGH
NORTHERN GRANT...WESTERN LINCOLN AND SOUTHERN FERRY COUNTY AS SUNSHINE
TRIGGERS ACTIVITY IN THIS AREA. IN ADDITION SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND THE
IDAHO PANHANDLE WITH AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY AND FLASH
FLOOD WATCH STILL VALID FOR THE PANHANDLE AREA.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER `COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

WAZ006-009-280030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
323 PM PDT THU JUN 27 1996

AT 315 PM PDT WSR-88D WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSHOWERS
DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST GRANT COUNTY...SOUTHERN FERRY COUNTY AND
WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AND
WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS
TO NEAR 45 MPH.

THE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHWEST LINCOLN AND SOUTHERN FERRY COUNTY
BETWEEN 330 AND 500 PM PDT. OBSERVERS NEAR COULEE DAM REPORT NEAR 2.0
INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST 1 TO 2 HOURS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.