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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this flash flood watch at Jun 13, 2006, 1:27 PM PDT for Chelan County, Douglas County, Washington. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2006, 1:27 PM PDT (20:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2006, 7:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA
The radar
The Seattle radar (KATX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 281 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1151 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jun 13, 12:54 PM PDT, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 12:54 PM PDT, 33 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 422 AM PDT TUE JUN 13 2006 IDZ001-004-141130- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN 422 AM PDT TUE JUN 13 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS TODAY. SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. MORE WET WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WHICH MAY LEAD TO HIGH FLOWS ON MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. DUE THE RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...THE KOOTENAI RIVER AT BONNERS FERRY MAY EXPERIENCE HIGH WATER LEVELS THIS WEEK. SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY DUE THE RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...THE KOOTENAI RIVER AT BONNERS FERRY MAY EXPERIENCE HIGH WATER LEVELS THIS WEEK. SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-141130- COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... MOSCOW...LEWISTON...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON...PULLMAN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...COULEE DAM...ODESSA... ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WENATCHEE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 422 AM PDT TUE JUN 13 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO...NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS TODAY. SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN. MORE WET WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WHICH MAY LEAD TO HIGH FLOWS ON MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HIGH FLOWS ON MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY AND A BIT BEYOND.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 13, 9:07 AM PDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
907 AM PDT TUE JUN 13 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0815 AM HAIL 5 N PLUMMER 47.40N 116.88W
06/13/2006 E0.50 INCH KOOTENAI ID PUBLIC
DIME SIZE HAIL
&&
RBLocal storm report, Jun 13, 9:32 AM PDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
932 AM PDT TUE JUN 13 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 AM HAIL 1 N DIAMOND LAKE 48.13N 117.21W
06/13/2006 E0.75 INCH PEND OREILLE WA TRAINED SPOTTER
3/4 INCH HAIL HVY RAIN WIND S-25-30MPH
&&
RBLocal storm report, Jun 13, 9:46 AM PDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
946 AM PDT TUE JUN 13 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0940 AM HAIL DIAMOND LAKE 48.12N 117.19W
06/13/2006 E1.00 INCH PEND OREILLE WA BROADCAST MEDIA
1 INCH HAIL
&&
JRBLocal storm report, Jun 13, 9:51 AM PDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
951 AM PDT TUE JUN 13 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0950 AM HAIL 1 S NEWPORT 48.17N 117.05W
06/13/2006 E0.50 INCH PEND OREILLE WA TRAINED SPOTTER
DIME SIZE HAIL 0.90 INCH RAIN
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RBLocal storm report, Jun 13, 11:18 AM PDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:23 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Chelan | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 7:42 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Chelan | 93 min |
| Jun 12, 10:48 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille | 27 min |
| Jun 13, 6:41 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Garfield, Whitman | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 7:31 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Whitman | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 8:17 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Spokane, Whitman | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 9:08 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 67 min |
| Jun 13, 10:20 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille | 40 min |
| Jun 13, 10:45 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille | 90 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.