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River Flood Watch 3, NWS Spokane, WA

April 21, 2009Kootenai County, Shoshone County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at Apr 21, 2009, 3:37 PM PDT for Kootenai County, Shoshone County, Idaho. It was in force for 38 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2009, 3:37 PM PDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2009, 5:34 AM PDT
In force
38 hr
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Flood severity
None

Counties Kootenai County, ID, Shoshone County, ID

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Coeur d'Alene River at Cataldo (CTLI1). The gauge peaked at 42.31 ft at Apr 23, 2009, 5:00 AM PDT.

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Action stage
42 ft
Minor stage
43 ft
Moderate stage
46 ft
Major stage
50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12413500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.