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Flood Watch 2, NWS Spokane, WA

June 3, 201010 counties in Washington; 8 counties in Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this flood watch at Jun 3, 2010, 2:36 PM PDT for 10 counties in Washington; 8 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jun 4, 2010, 12:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2010, 2:36 PM PDT (21:36 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 4, 2010, 12:00 AM PDT
Expired: Jun 4, 2010, 9:33 PM PDT
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Flood severity: None

Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Asotin County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA, Whitman County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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 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 Jun 3, 2:30 PM PDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 2:30 PM PDT, 6 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 6:56 PM PDT	Areal Flood Warning	OTX	Douglas	3 hr
Jun 2, 7:39 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Ferry	4 hr
Jun 2, 7:32 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce	4 hr
Jun 3, 9:17 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	OTX	Boundary	28 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Washington, 2010 Flood Watches in Idaho, 2010 Every flood watch in 2010

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.