Alert archive / Washington / Flood Watches in 2008
Flood Watch 1, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this flood watch at May 15, 2008, 1:45 PM PDT for 7 counties in Washington; 7 counties in Idaho. It took effect at May 15, 2008, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 28 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 2008, 1:45 PM PDT (20:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 15, 2008, 5:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 16, 2008, 8:43 PM PDT
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at May 15, 10:31 AM PDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 15, 10:31 AM PDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 6:05 AM PDT, 7 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 605 AM PDT THU MAY 15 2008 IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-161315- 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- 605 AM PDT THU MAY 15 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
Nearby
Flood Watches in Washington, 2008Flood Watches in Idaho, 2008Every flood watch 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.