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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Spokane, WA

May 16, 2008Benewah County, Shoshone County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at May 16, 2008, 7:48 PM PDT for Benewah County, Shoshone County, Idaho. It took effect at May 18, 2008, 12:12 PM PDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2008, 7:48 PM PDT (02:48 UTC)
In effect from: May 18, 2008, 12:12 PM PDT
Expired: May 17, 2008, 9:24 AM PDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Flood severity: None

Counties Benewah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood watch went out at May 16, 4:23 PM PDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 4:23 PM PDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 5:26 AM PDT, 14 hours 22 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 7:48 PM PDT	River Flood Watch	OTX	Chelan	69 hr
May 16, 7:48 PM PDT	River Flood Watch	OTX	Okanogan	18 hr
May 16, 7:48 PM PDT	River Flood Watch	OTX	Chelan	40 hr
May 16, 8:00 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Asotin, Chelan, Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Stevens	6 days
May 16, 8:00 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Asotin, Chelan, Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Stevens	7 days
May 17, 1:21 PM PDT	River Flood Warning	OTX	Okanogan	69 hr
May 16, 7:48 PM PDT	River Flood Watch	OTX	Kootenai, Shoshone	50 hr
May 16, 7:48 PM PDT	River Flood Watch	OTX	Boundary	4 days
May 16, 7:48 PM PDT	River Flood Watch	OTX	Lewis, Nez Perce	40 hr
May 16, 8:00 PM PDT	Areal Flood Warning	OTX	Kootenai	6 days
May 17, 9:01 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	OTX	Benewah, Shoshone	59 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Idaho, 2008 Every river 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.