Alert archive / Washington / Flood Watches in 2011
Flood Watch 1, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this flood watch at Jan 14, 2011, 3:46 PM PST for 9 counties in Washington; 8 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jan 15, 2011, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 44 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 2011, 3:46 PM PST (23:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 15, 2011, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2011, 11:35 AM PST
- In force
- 44 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, Garfield County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 80 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
238 WGUS66 KOTX 142346 FFAOTX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 346 PM PST FRI JAN 14 2011 ...LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE ON CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND IN THE EAST CASCADES...EASTERN WASHINGTON...AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... IDC009-017-021-055-057-061-069-079-WAC003-007-023-043-047-051-063- 065-075-151300- /O.NEW.KOTX.FA.A.0001.110116T0000Z-110119T0000Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENEWAH-BONNER-BOUNDARY-KOOTENAI-LATAH-LEWIS-NEZ PERCE-SHOSHONE- ASOTIN-CHELAN-GARFIELD-LINCOLN-OKANOGAN-PEND OREILLE-SPOKANE- STEVENS-WHITMAN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PLUMMER...TENSED... SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER...COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD... CLARK FORK...BONNERS FERRY...MOYIE SPRINGS...PORTHILL...NAPLES... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW... RATHDRUM...ATHOL...MOSCOW...POTLATCH...DEARY...GENESEE... JULIAETTA...KENDRICK...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...SMELTERVILLE...CALDER... CLARKSTON...ASOTIN...ANATONE...LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN...POMEROY... DAVENPORT...REARDAN...MAZAMA...WINTHROP...METHOW...TWISP... CONCONULLY...NEWPORT...METALINE FALLS...IONE...CUSICK... DIAMOND LAKE...SPOKANE...AIRWAY HEIGHTS...MEDICAL LAKE...CHENEY... ROCKFORD...LIBERTY LAKE...DEER PARK...COLVILLE...CHEWELAH... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE...NORTHPORT...PULLMAN...COLFAX... OAKESDALE...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...UNIONTOWN 346 PM PST FRI JAN 14 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF IDAHO AND WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN IDAHO...BENEWAH...BONNER... BOUNDARY...KOOTENAI...LATAH...LEWIS...NEZ PERCE AND SHOSHONE. IN WASHINGTON...ASOTIN...CHELAN...GARFIELD...LINCOLN... OKANOGAN...PEND OREILLE...SPOKANE...STEVENS AND WHITMAN. * FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON * A SERIES OF WARM AND WET WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE WEEKEND BRINGING RAIN AND ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. OVER 1 TO 2 INCHES RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE AND EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES WITH UP TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. SNOW LEVELS ARE TO EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4000 TO 6000 FT. * AT THIS TIME NO FLOODING IS FORECAST ON THE MAINSTEM RIVERS. THE THREAT OF FLOODING FROM SNOWMELT AND RAINFALL IS GREATEST FOR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...AND ON RIVERS AND STREAMS WHERE THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM ICE JAMS. MOST RIVERS WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. PONDING IN URBAN AREAS...FIELDS...AND NEAR CLOGGED DRAINAGE CULVERTS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD MONITOR FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
7 follow-up statements
846 WGUS66 KOTX 151145 FFAOTX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 345 AM PST SAT JAN 15 2011 ...LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE ON CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND IN THE EAST CASCADES...EASTERN WASHINGTON...AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... IDC009-017-021-055-057-061-069-079-WAC003-007-023-043-047-051-063- 065-075-151945- /O.CON.KOTX.FA.A.0001.110116T0000Z-110119T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENEWAH-BONNER-BOUNDARY-KOOTENAI-LATAH-LEWIS-NEZ PERCE-SHOSHONE- ASOTIN-CHELAN-GARFIELD-LINCOLN-OKANOGAN-PEND OREILLE-SPOKANE- STEVENS-WHITMAN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PLUMMER...TENSED... SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER...COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD... CLARK FORK...BONNERS FERRY...MOYIE SPRINGS...PORTHILL...NAPLES... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW... RATHDRUM...ATHOL...MOSCOW...POTLATCH...DEARY...GENESEE... JULIAETTA...KENDRICK...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...SMELTERVILLE...CALDER... CLARKSTON...ASOTIN...ANATONE...LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN...POMEROY... DAVENPORT...REARDAN...MAZAMA...WINTHROP...METHOW...TWISP... CONCONULLY...NEWPORT...METALINE FALLS...IONE...CUSICK... DIAMOND LAKE...SPOKANE...AIRWAY HEIGHTS...MEDICAL LAKE...CHENEY... ROCKFORD...LIBERTY LAKE...DEER PARK...COLVILLE...CHEWELAH... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE...NORTHPORT...PULLMAN...COLFAX... OAKESDALE...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...UNIONTOWN 345 AM PST SAT JAN 15 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF IDAHO AND WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN IDAHO...BENEWAH...BONNER...BOUNDARY...KOOTENAI... LATAH...LEWIS...NEZ PERCE AND SHOSHONE. IN WASHINGTON... ASOTIN...CHELAN...GARFIELD...LINCOLN...OKANOGAN...PEND OREILLE...SPOKANE...STEVENS AND WHITMAN. * FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON * A SERIES OF WARM AND WET WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE WEEKEND BRINGING RAIN AND ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. OVER 1 TO 2 INCHES RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE AND EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES WITH UP TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. SNOW LEVELS ARE TO EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4000 TO 6000 FT. * AT THIS TIME NO FLOODING IS FORECAST ON THE MAINSTEM RIVERS. THE THREAT OF FLOODING FROM SNOWMELT AND RAINFALL IS GREATEST FOR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...AND ON RIVERS AND STREAMS WHERE THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM ICE JAMS. MOST RIVERS WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. PONDING IN URBAN AREAS...FIELDS...AND NEAR CLOGGED DRAINAGE CULVERTS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD MONITOR FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PLUMMER...TENSED... SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER...COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD...CLARK FORK...BONNERS FERRY...MOYIE SPRINGS...PORTHILL...NAPLES...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM... ATHOL...MOSCOW...POTLATCH...DEARY...GENESEE...JULIAETTA... KENDRICK...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON... LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...SMELTERVILLE...CALDER...CLARKSTON... ASOTIN...ANATONE...LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN...POMEROY...DAVENPORT... REARDAN...MAZAMA...WINTHROP...METHOW...TWISP...CONCONULLY... NEWPORT...METALINE FALLS...IONE...CUSICK...DIAMOND LAKE... SPOKANE...AIRWAY HEIGHTS...MEDICAL LAKE...CHENEY...ROCKFORD... LIBERTY LAKE...DEER PARK...COLVILLE...CHEWELAH...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE...NORTHPORT...PULLMAN...COLFAX...OAKESDALE...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...UNIONTOWN. $$
899 WGUS66 KOTX 152001 FFAOTX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1201 PM PST SAT JAN 15 2011 ...LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE ON CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND IN THE EAST CASCADES...EASTERN WASHINGTON...AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... IDC009-017-021-055-057-061-069-079-WAC003-007-023-043-047-051-063- 065-075-161215- /O.CON.KOTX.FA.A.0001.110116T0000Z-110119T0000Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENEWAH-BONNER-BOUNDARY-KOOTENAI-LATAH-LEWIS-NEZ PERCE-SHOSHONE- ASOTIN-CHELAN-GARFIELD-LINCOLN-OKANOGAN-PEND OREILLE-SPOKANE- STEVENS-WHITMAN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PLUMMER...TENSED... SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER...COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD... CLARK FORK...BONNERS FERRY...MOYIE SPRINGS...PORTHILL...NAPLES... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW... RATHDRUM...ATHOL...MOSCOW...POTLATCH...DEARY...GENESEE... JULIAETTA...KENDRICK...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...SMELTERVILLE...CALDER... CLARKSTON...ASOTIN...ANATONE...LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN...POMEROY... DAVENPORT...REARDAN...MAZAMA...WINTHROP...METHOW...TWISP... CONCONULLY...NEWPORT...METALINE FALLS...IONE...CUSICK... DIAMOND LAKE...SPOKANE...AIRWAY HEIGHTS...MEDICAL LAKE...CHENEY... ROCKFORD...LIBERTY LAKE...DEER PARK...COLVILLE...CHEWELAH... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE...NORTHPORT...PULLMAN...COLFAX... OAKESDALE...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...UNIONTOWN 1201 PM PST SAT JAN 15 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF IDAHO AND WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN IDAHO...BENEWAH...BONNER...BOUNDARY...KOOTENAI... LATAH...LEWIS...NEZ PERCE AND SHOSHONE. IN WASHINGTON... ASOTIN...CHELAN...GARFIELD...LINCOLN...OKANOGAN...PEND OREILLE...SPOKANE...STEVENS AND WHITMAN. * FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON * UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO MELT SNOW OVER ALL BUT THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. MEANWHILE A VERY WET AND WARM STORM WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND BRING PERIODS OF RAIN THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR OVER THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE AND NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. THESE LOCATIONS WILL SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FALL BETWEEN TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS NEAR THE IMMEDIATE CASCADE CREST. VALLEY LOCATIONS OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL SEE TOTALS RANGE FROM A HALF TO ONE INCH. SNOW LEVELS ARE TO EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4000 TO 6000 FT. THE COMBINATION OF MELTING SNOW AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BRING SHARP RISES TO MANY OF THE LOCAL RIVER AND STREAMS. * AT THIS TIME NO FLOODING IS FORECAST ON THE MAIN STEM RIVERS. SMALLER RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE THE SHARPEST RISES...ESPECIALLY THOSE OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO COMPLICATIONS FROM ICE JAMS. PONDING IN URBAN AREAS...FIELDS...AND NEAR CLOGGED DRAINAGE CULVERTS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD MONITOR FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
541 WGUS66 KOTX 160408 FFAOTX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 808 PM PST SAT JAN 15 2011 ...LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE ON CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND IN THE EAST CASCADES...EASTERN WASHINGTON...AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... WAC003-007-023-160515- /O.CAN.KOTX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-110119T0000Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ASOTIN-CHELAN-GARFIELD- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CLARKSTON...ASOTIN... ANATONE...LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN...POMEROY 808 PM PST SAT JAN 15 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND REPLACED WITH A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY. HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING WHICH IN COMBINATION WITH SNOW MELT WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CLARKSTON...ASOTIN... ANATONE...LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN...POMEROY. $$ IDC009-017-021-055-057-061-069-079-WAC043-047-051-063-065-075- 161615- /O.CON.KOTX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-110119T0000Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENEWAH-BONNER-BOUNDARY-KOOTENAI-LATAH-LEWIS-NEZ PERCE-SHOSHONE- LINCOLN-OKANOGAN-PEND OREILLE-SPOKANE-STEVENS-WHITMAN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PLUMMER...TENSED... SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER...COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD... CLARK FORK...BONNERS FERRY...MOYIE SPRINGS...PORTHILL...NAPLES... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW... RATHDRUM...ATHOL...MOSCOW...POTLATCH...DEARY...GENESEE... JULIAETTA...KENDRICK...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...SMELTERVILLE...CALDER... DAVENPORT...REARDAN...MAZAMA...WINTHROP...METHOW...TWISP... CONCONULLY...NEWPORT...METALINE FALLS...IONE...CUSICK... DIAMOND LAKE...SPOKANE...AIRWAY HEIGHTS...MEDICAL LAKE...CHENEY... ROCKFORD...LIBERTY LAKE...DEER PARK...COLVILLE...CHEWELAH... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE...NORTHPORT...PULLMAN...COLFAX... OAKESDALE...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...UNIONTOWN 808 PM PST SAT JAN 15 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF IDAHO AND WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN IDAHO...BENEWAH...BONNER...BOUNDARY...KOOTENAI... LATAH...LEWIS...NEZ PERCE AND SHOSHONE. IN WASHINGTON... LINCOLN...OKANOGAN...PEND OREILLE...SPOKANE...STEVENS AND WHITMAN. * THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON * UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO MELT SNOW OVER ALL BUT THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. MEANWHILE A VERY WET AND WARM STORM WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND BRING PERIODS OF RAIN THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR OVER THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. THESE LOCATIONS WILL SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FALL BETWEEN TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. VALLEY LOCATIONS OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL SEE TOTALS RANGE FROM A HALF TO ONE INCH. SNOW LEVELS ARE TO EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4000 TO 6000 FT. THE COMBINATION OF MELTING SNOW AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BRING SHARP RISES TO MANY OF THE LOCAL RIVER AND STREAMS. * AT THIS TIME NO FLOODING IS FORECAST ON THE MAIN STEM RIVERS. SMALLER RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE THE SHARPEST RISES...ESPECIALLY THOSE OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO COMPLICATIONS FROM ICE JAMS. PONDING IN URBAN AREAS...FIELDS... AND NEAR CLOGGED DRAINAGE CULVERTS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD MONITOR FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PLUMMER...TENSED... SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER...COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD...CLARK FORK...BONNERS FERRY...MOYIE SPRINGS...PORTHILL...NAPLES...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM... ATHOL...MOSCOW...POTLATCH...DEARY...GENESEE...JULIAETTA... KENDRICK...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON... LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...SMELTERVILLE...CALDER...DAVENPORT... REARDAN...MAZAMA...WINTHROP...METHOW...TWISP...CONCONULLY... NEWPORT...METALINE FALLS...IONE...CUSICK...DIAMOND LAKE... SPOKANE...AIRWAY HEIGHTS...MEDICAL LAKE...CHENEY...ROCKFORD... LIBERTY LAKE...DEER PARK...COLVILLE...CHEWELAH...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE...NORTHPORT...PULLMAN...COLFAX...OAKESDALE...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...UNIONTOWN. $$
100 WGUS66 KOTX 161337 FFAOTX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 537 AM PST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE ON CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND IN THE EAST CASCADES...EASTERN WASHINGTON...AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... IDC009-017-021-055-057-061-069-079-WAC043-047-051-063-065-075- 170015- /O.CON.KOTX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-110119T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENEWAH-BONNER-BOUNDARY-KOOTENAI-LATAH-LEWIS-NEZ PERCE-SHOSHONE- LINCOLN-OKANOGAN-PEND OREILLE-SPOKANE-STEVENS-WHITMAN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PLUMMER...TENSED... SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER...COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD... CLARK FORK...BONNERS FERRY...MOYIE SPRINGS...PORTHILL...NAPLES... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW... RATHDRUM...ATHOL...MOSCOW...POTLATCH...DEARY...GENESEE... JULIAETTA...KENDRICK...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...SMELTERVILLE...CALDER... DAVENPORT...REARDAN...MAZAMA...WINTHROP...METHOW...TWISP... CONCONULLY...NEWPORT...METALINE FALLS...IONE...CUSICK... DIAMOND LAKE...SPOKANE...AIRWAY HEIGHTS...MEDICAL LAKE...CHENEY... ROCKFORD...LIBERTY LAKE...DEER PARK...COLVILLE...CHEWELAH... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE...NORTHPORT...PULLMAN...COLFAX... OAKESDALE...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...UNIONTOWN 537 AM PST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF IDAHO AND WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN IDAHO...BENEWAH...BONNER...BOUNDARY...KOOTENAI... LATAH...LEWIS...NEZ PERCE AND SHOSHONE. IN WASHINGTON... LINCOLN...OKANOGAN...PEND OREILLE...SPOKANE...STEVENS AND WHITMAN. * THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON * UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO MELT SNOW OVER ALL BUT THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. MEANWHILE A VERY WET AND WARM STORM WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION OF RAIN THROUGH AT LEAST TODAY. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR OVER THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. THESE LOCATIONS WILL SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FALL BY THE END OF TODAY. VALLEY LOCATIONS OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL SEE TOTALS RANGE FROM A HALF TO ONE INCH. SNOW LEVELS ARE TO EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4000 TO 6000 FT. THE COMBINATION OF MELTING SNOW AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BRING SHARP RISES TO MANY OF THE LOCAL RIVER AND STREAMS. * AT THIS TIME NO FLOODING IS FORECAST ON THE MAIN STEM RIVERS. SMALLER RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE THE SHARPEST RISES...ESPECIALLY THOSE OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO COMPLICATIONS FROM ICE JAMS. PONDING IN URBAN AREAS...FIELDS... AND NEAR CLOGGED DRAINAGE CULVERTS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD MONITOR FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PLUMMER...TENSED... SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER...COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD...CLARK FORK...BONNERS FERRY...MOYIE SPRINGS...PORTHILL...NAPLES...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM... ATHOL...MOSCOW...POTLATCH...DEARY...GENESEE...JULIAETTA... KENDRICK...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON... LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...SMELTERVILLE...CALDER...DAVENPORT... REARDAN...MAZAMA...WINTHROP...METHOW...TWISP...CONCONULLY... NEWPORT...METALINE FALLS...IONE...CUSICK...DIAMOND LAKE... SPOKANE...AIRWAY HEIGHTS...MEDICAL LAKE...CHENEY...ROCKFORD... LIBERTY LAKE...DEER PARK...COLVILLE...CHEWELAH...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE...NORTHPORT...PULLMAN...COLFAX...OAKESDALE...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...UNIONTOWN. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PLUMMER...TENSED... SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER...COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD...CLARK FORK...BONNERS FERRY...MOYIE SPRINGS...PORTHILL...NAPLES...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM... ATHOL...MOSCOW...POTLATCH...DEARY...GENESEE...JULIAETTA... KENDRICK...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON... LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...SMELTERVILLE...CALDER...DAVENPORT... REARDAN...MAZAMA...WINTHROP...METHOW...TWISP...CONCONULLY... NEWPORT...METALINE FALLS...IONE...CUSICK...DIAMOND LAKE... SPOKANE...AIRWAY HEIGHTS...MEDICAL LAKE...CHENEY...ROCKFORD... LIBERTY LAKE...DEER PARK...COLVILLE...CHEWELAH...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE...NORTHPORT...PULLMAN...COLFAX...OAKESDALE...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...UNIONTOWN. $$
669 WGUS66 KOTX 162130 FFAOTX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 130 PM PST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE ON CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND IN THE EAST CASCADES...EASTERN WASHINGTON...AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... IDC009-057-061-069-079-WAC043-075-162230- /O.CAN.KOTX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-110119T0000Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENEWAH-LATAH-LEWIS-NEZ PERCE-SHOSHONE-LINCOLN-WHITMAN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PLUMMER...TENSED...MOSCOW... POTLATCH...DEARY...GENESEE...JULIAETTA...KENDRICK...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... SMELTERVILLE...CALDER...DAVENPORT...REARDAN...PULLMAN...COLFAX... OAKESDALE...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...UNIONTOWN 130 PM PST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF IDAHO AND WASHINGTON HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COMBINED WITH SNOW MELT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PLUMMER...TENSED... MOSCOW...POTLATCH...DEARY...GENESEE...JULIAETTA...KENDRICK... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...SMELTERVILLE...CALDER...DAVENPORT...REARDAN...PULLMAN... COLFAX...OAKESDALE...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...UNIONTOWN. $$ IDC017-021-055-WAC047-051-063-065-171045- /O.CON.KOTX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-110119T0000Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BONNER-BOUNDARY-KOOTENAI-OKANOGAN-PEND OREILLE-SPOKANE-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER... COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD...CLARK FORK...BONNERS FERRY... MOYIE SPRINGS...PORTHILL...NAPLES...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM...ATHOL...MAZAMA...WINTHROP...TWISP... CONCONULLY...NEWPORT...METALINE FALLS...IONE...CUSICK... DIAMOND LAKE...SPOKANE...AIRWAY HEIGHTS...MEDICAL LAKE...CHENEY... ROCKFORD...LIBERTY LAKE...DEER PARK...COLVILLE...CHEWELAH... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE...NORTHPORT 130 PM PST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO AND WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTH IDAHO...BONNER...BOUNDARY AND KOOTENAI. IN WASHINGTON...OKANOGAN...PEND OREILLE...SPOKANE AND STEVENS. * THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON * UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO MELT SNOW OVER ALL BUT THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. MEANWHILE A VERY WET AND WARM STORM WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION OF RAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CASCADE CREST WHERE UP TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. OTHER LOCATIONS WILL SEE MUCH LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF RAIN...BUT RAPID SNOW MELT WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE RUNOFF. THE COMBINATION OF MELTING SNOW AND RAINFALL WILL BRING SHARP RISES TO MANY OF THE LOCAL RIVERS AND STREAMS. * AT THIS TIME ONLY SPOTTY FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON THE PALOUSE AND COEUR D'ALENE RIVERS. SMALLER RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE THE SHARPEST RISES...ESPECIALLY THOSE OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO COMPLICATIONS FROM ICE JAMS. PONDING IN URBAN AREAS...FIELDS... AND NEAR CLOGGED DRAINAGE CULVERTS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD MONITOR FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
352 WGUS66 KOTX 171033 FFAOTX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 233 AM PST MON JAN 17 2011 ...LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE ON CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGH EARLY THIS WEEK IN THE EAST CASCADES...EASTERN WASHINGTON...AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... IDC017-021-055-WAC047-051-063-065-180000- /O.CON.KOTX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-110119T0000Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BONNER-BOUNDARY-KOOTENAI-OKANOGAN-PEND OREILLE-SPOKANE-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER... COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD...CLARK FORK...BONNERS FERRY... MOYIE SPRINGS...PORTHILL...NAPLES...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM...ATHOL...MAZAMA...WINTHROP...TWISP... CONCONULLY...NEWPORT...METALINE FALLS...IONE...CUSICK... DIAMOND LAKE...SPOKANE...AIRWAY HEIGHTS...MEDICAL LAKE...CHENEY... ROCKFORD...LIBERTY LAKE...DEER PARK...COLVILLE...CHEWELAH... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE...NORTHPORT 233 AM PST MON JAN 17 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO AND WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTH IDAHO...BONNER...BOUNDARY AND KOOTENAI. IN WASHINGTON...OKANOGAN...PEND OREILLE...SPOKANE AND STEVENS. * THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON * UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO MELT SNOW OVER ALL BUT THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. MEANWHILE PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CASCADE CREST AND WHERE UP TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. OTHER LOCATIONS WILL SEE MUCH LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF RAIN...BUT RAPID SNOW MELT WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE RUNOFF. THE COMBINATION OF MELTING SNOW AND RAINFALL WILL BRING SHARP RISES TO MANY OF THE LOCAL RIVERS AND STREAMS. * AT THIS TIME ONLY SPOTTY FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON THE PALOUSE AND COEUR D'ALENE AND ST. JOE RIVERS. SMALLER RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE THE SHARPEST RISES...ESPECIALLY THOSE OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO COMPLICATIONS FROM ICE JAMS. PONDING IN URBAN AREAS...FIELDS AND NEAR CLOGGED DRAINAGE CULVERTS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD MONITOR FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER...COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD...CLARK FORK...BONNERS FERRY...MOYIE SPRINGS...PORTHILL...NAPLES...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM...ATHOL...MAZAMA...WINTHROP... TWISP...CONCONULLY...NEWPORT...METALINE FALLS...IONE...CUSICK... DIAMOND LAKE...SPOKANE...AIRWAY HEIGHTS...MEDICAL LAKE...CHENEY... ROCKFORD...LIBERTY LAKE...DEER PARK...COLVILLE...CHEWELAH... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE...NORTHPORT. $$
890 WGUS66 KOTX 171935 FFAOTX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1135 AM PST MON JAN 17 2011 IDC017-021-055-WAC047-051-063-065-172045- /O.CAN.KOTX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-110119T0000Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BONNER-BOUNDARY-KOOTENAI-OKANOGAN-PEND OREILLE-SPOKANE-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER... COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD...CLARK FORK...BONNERS FERRY... MOYIE SPRINGS...PORTHILL...NAPLES...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM...ATHOL...MAZAMA...WINTHROP...TWISP... CONCONULLY...NEWPORT...METALINE FALLS...IONE...CUSICK... DIAMOND LAKE...SPOKANE...AIRWAY HEIGHTS...MEDICAL LAKE...CHENEY... ROCKFORD...LIBERTY LAKE...DEER PARK...COLVILLE...CHEWELAH... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE...NORTHPORT 1135 AM PST MON JAN 17 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO AND EASTERN WASHINGTON HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STEADY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WHILE SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST. THIS HAS DIMINISHED THE THREAT OF FLOODING ACROSS CHELAN...STEVENS... PEND OREILLE AND SPOKANE COUNTIES IN WASHINGTON AS WELL AS BONNER AND BOUNDARY COUNTIES IN NORTH IDAHO. THIS WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR KOOTENAI COUNTY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS KOOTENAI COUNTY WHILE NEAR RECORD WARM TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED RAPID SNOW MELT. $$
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 Jan 14, 3:40 PM PST, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 3:40 PM PST, 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
340 PM PST FRI JAN 14 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
A SERIES OF WET PACIFIC STORM SYSTEMS WILL BRING RAIN AND HIGH
MOUNTAIN SNOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. THE
COMBINATION OF RAIN AND MELTING SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO INCREASE
RUNOFF...ESPECIALLY OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IDAHO
PANHANDLE...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. A COLD FRONT
WILL BRING TEMPERATURES BACK DOWN TO NEAR NORMAL NEXT TUESDAY.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
LATE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...VERY WEAK RIDGING HAS SHIFTED OVER
THE FORECAST AREA AHEAD OF A WEAKENING SHORT WAVE THAT IS EXPECTED
TO TRACK INTO NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA. FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST HAS BEEN CUT-OFF FROM THE PACIFIC
MOISTURE TAP WITH A DRY SLOT PUNCHING THROUGH THE REGION. CONTINUED
SOUTHWEST-WEST FLOW FROM THE SURFACE TO 850 MB WILL KEEP
OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION GOING FOR THE THE EXTREME NORTHEAST
WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS...BUT BETTER FOR THE UP-SLOPING FLOW FOR THE
IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS. OTHERWISE THE INLAND NORTHWEST CAN
EXPECT CLEARING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. CLOUDS SHOULD BUILD
BACK OFF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS ABOUT AS FAR WEST AS COEUR
D'ALENE...POSSIBLY TO SPOKANE. IN ADDITION EXPECT SOUTHWEST
SURFACE WINDS TO BE ON THE DECLINE BEGINNING AROUND SUNSET AND
DECREASING OVERNIGHT.
SATELLITE LOOPS ARE SHOWING A ROBUST DISTURBANCE TRACKING QUICKLY
ACROSS THE EASTERN PACIFIC. THE 12Z AND 18Z MODELS PICKED UP ON
THIS AND SHOW IT SHEARING APART AS IT CROSSES THE CASCADES. WHILE
THIS NEEDS TO BE MONITORED I EXPECT ONLY SOME INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS.
WITH THE COMBINATION OF LIGHTER WINDS AND CLEARING SKIES EXPECT
GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING OVERNIGHT. WITH LINGERING BOUNDARY LAYER
MOISTURE THIS SHOULD RESULT IN PATCHY LOW ELEVATION FOG IN THE
USUAL AREAS. IT WILL ALSO HAVE AN EFFECT ON OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURES AND THEY WERE LOWERED A FEW DEGREES. /TOBIN
SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...BROAD RIDGING AND NORTHWEST FLOW
ACROSS WA AND N ID WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGH THE PERIOD. CONFIDENCE
IS MODERATELY HIGH THAT THE SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO WA LATE TONIGHT
WILL SHEAR APART WHEN IT RUNS INTO THE CASCADES EARLY SATURDAY. THUS
DRY AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE GENERALLY OVER THE COLUMBIA BASIN
THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING. HIGHER CHANCES FOR RAIN AND HIGH
MOUNTAIN SNOW LOOKS REASONABLE ACROSS FAR EASTERN WA AND NORTH ID.
THE NEXT SHORTWAVE OF SIGNIFICANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CASCADES
SATURDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AND HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOWS WILL SPREAD
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA INTO SUNDAY. ALL LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE
MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
HIGHEST QPF TOTALS THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL OCCUR IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS WITH AMOUNTS NEARING ONE AND HALF INCHES. GENERALLY QPF
TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM ONE QUARTER INCH TO AS MUCH AS THREE
QUARTERS OF AN INCH ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF E WA AND N ID.
/AC
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE INLAND NORTHWEST FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE
WORKWEEK. THE REGION WILL BE UNDER MOIST NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH A
SERIES OF SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCES RIDING ALONG THE FLOW. THE
STRONGEST OF THESE SYSTEMS WILL AFFECT THE INLAND NORTHWEST TUESDAY
INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. WARM FRONTAL PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS
THE REGION WITH VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW LIKELY. SOUTHWEST FLOW
IN THE LOW LEVELS WILL KEEP SNOW LEVELS AROUND 2K FT ACROSS THE FAR
NORTH INCREASING TO 4K FT FOR THE SOUTHERN TIER. A COLD FRONT WILL
USHER IN COLDER AIR OVERNIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS DROPPING TO MOST
VALLEY FLOORS BY WEDNESDAY. THE GENERAL TREND OF MODEL QPF IS FOR
DECREASING AMOUNTS ONCE THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH AND MID
LEVEL FLOW SHIFTS TO THE NORTHWEST. COLDER AND DRIER CONDITIONS
WILL PREVAIL WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WITH
PRECIPITATION LIMITED TO SCATTERED MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS FOR THOSE
AREAS FAVORABLE TO NORTHWEST UPSLOPE FLOW. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP
BELOW THE FREEZING MARK TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE COLD THROUGH
THURSDAY WHEN THE NEXT WARM FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. THIS WILL
SUSPEND THE RUNOFF AND SNOW MELT FOR A WHILE. FOR THE END OF THE
WORK WEEK...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE DAY
FOR MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS BUT FALL BELOW FREEZING DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. ANOTHER PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION
FOR THE WEEKEND. /KELCH
&&
.AVIATION...
A FRONT HAS CROSSED THE FORECAST AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON
RESULTING IN A DRYING TREND FROM THE WEST. HOWEVER A SATURATED LOW
LEVEL AIR MASS WITH SOUTHWEST-SOUTH UPSLOPE SURFACE WINDS WILL
PROBABLY LEAD TO IFR/LIFR STRATUS DECKS AFTER 08Z TONIGHT...WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF LOWER VSBY AFTER 13Z. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL
DIMINISH AFTER 03Z SATURDAY. ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE IN FROM
THE WEST...BRING MORE VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW AFTER 18Z
SATURDAY. /EK
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 39 42 36 45 37 44 / 10 40 100 90 50 40
COEUR D'ALENE 37 41 36 44 38 43 / 20 40 100 90 60 50
PULLMAN 40 45 38 48 40 45 / 30 50 100 90 60 50
LEWISTON 42 48 42 53 44 50 / 30 50 100 90 50 30
COLVILLE 35 39 37 40 31 42 / 10 40 80 80 30 30
SANDPOINT 38 40 37 41 38 41 / 70 60 90 100 70 50
KELLOGG 36 40 36 42 39 41 / 80 70 100 90 90 60
MOSES LAKE 33 42 36 45 33 45 / 10 30 100 50 20 10
WENATCHEE 30 42 37 42 35 43 / 0 30 100 50 20 10
OMAK 27 37 33 39 30 41 / 10 20 90 80 20 10
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...FLOOD WATCH FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...COEUR D'ALENE AREA...IDAHO
PALOUSE...LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES...LEWISTON
AREA...NORTHERN PANHANDLE.
WA...FLOOD WATCH FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES...LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN
COUNTIES...NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS...NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS...
SPOKANE AREA...WASHINGTON PALOUSE.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 14, 5:53 AM PST, 9 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 553 AM PST FRI JAN 14 2011 IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-151400- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE 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- 553 AM PST FRI JAN 14 2011 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 HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A MILD AND WET WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF RAIN AND HIGH SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THE COMBINATION OF MELTING SNOW AND RAIN WILL CONTRIBUTE TO RISES ON CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS. IN ADDITION... FOR CREEKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY FROZEN...ICE JAMS AND SUBSEQUENT LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE OF CONCERN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 5:29 PM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | OTX | Adams, Grant | 5 hr |
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