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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Spokane, WA

May 16, 2008Kootenai County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this areal flood warning at May 16, 2008, 8:00 PM PDT for Kootenai County, Idaho. It was in force for 6 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 2008, 8:00 PM PDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2008, 8:00 PM PDT
In force
6 days
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Kootenai County, ID

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at May 16, 4:23 PM PDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 4:23 PM PDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 5:26 AM PDT, 14 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
526 AM PDT FRI MAY 16 2008

IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-171230-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-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-
526 AM PDT FRI MAY 16 2008

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 7:48 PM PDTRiver Flood WatchOTXChelan69 hr
May 16, 7:48 PM PDTRiver Flood WatchOTXOkanogan18 hr
May 16, 7:48 PM PDTRiver Flood WatchOTXChelan40 hr
May 16, 8:00 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOTXAsotin, Chelan, Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Stevens6 days
May 16, 8:00 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOTXAsotin, Chelan, Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Stevens7 days
May 17, 1:21 PM PDTRiver Flood WarningOTXOkanogan69 hr
May 16, 7:48 PM PDTRiver Flood WatchOTXBenewah, Shoshone14 hr
May 16, 7:48 PM PDTRiver Flood WatchOTXKootenai, Shoshone50 hr
May 16, 7:48 PM PDTRiver Flood WatchOTXBoundary4 days
May 16, 7:48 PM PDTRiver Flood WatchOTXLewis, Nez Perce40 hr
May 17, 9:01 AM PDTRiver Flood WarningOTXBenewah, Shoshone59 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Idaho, 2008Every areal flood warning in 2008

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.