Alert archive / Washington / Flood Watches in 2011
Flood Watch 5, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this flood watch at Jun 3, 2011, 1:21 PM PDT for 7 counties in Washington; Bonner County, Kootenai County, Shoshone County, Idaho. It took effect at Jun 3, 2011, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2011, 1:21 PM PDT (20:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 3, 2011, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2011, 11:00 AM PDT
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bonner County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Asotin County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
373 WGUS66 KOTX 032021 FFAOTX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 121 PM PDT FRI JUN 3 2011 ...AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL RUN VERY HIGH THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK... .THE COMBINATION OF WARM TEMPERATURES...AMPLE SUNSHINE AND AN ABOVE NORMAL SNOWPACK WILL RESULT IN EXCESSIVE RUN OFF INTO AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. IDC017-055-079-WAC003-007-019-047-051-063-065-042030- /O.NEW.KOTX.FA.A.0005.110603T2100Z-110607T0000Z/ /00000.0.SM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BONNER-KOOTENAI-SHOSHONE-ASOTIN-CHELAN-FERRY-OKANOGAN- PEND OREILLE-SPOKANE-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER... COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD...CLARK FORK...COEUR D'ALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM...ATHOL... KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...SMELTERVILLE... CALDER...CLARKSTON...ASOTIN...ANATONE...WENATCHEE...LEAVENWORTH... CASHMERE...ENTIAT...CHELAN...MANSON...PLAIN...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...KELLER...CURLEW...DANVILLE...LAURIER...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...OROVILLE...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 121 PM PDT FRI JUN 3 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO AND WASHINGTON... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTH IDAHO...BONNER... KOOTENAI AND SHOSHONE. IN WASHINGTON...ASOTIN...CHELAN... FERRY...OKANOGAN...PEND OREILLE...SPOKANE AND STEVENS. * THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON * DUE TO WARM TEMPERATURES AND EXCESSIVE SNOW MELT * SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE EXPECTED ON AREA STREAMS...CREEKS...SMALL RIVERS AND LAKES IN THE CASCADES...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RUNNING AT BANKFUL IF NOT OVER THEIR BANKS AT THIS TIME. SEVERAL LAKES ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING NEAR FLOOD CONDITIONS. THE WARM TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND WILL ONLY ADD TO THE RUN OFF. 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...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM... ATHOL...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... SMELTERVILLE...CALDER...CLARKSTON...ASOTIN...ANATONE... WENATCHEE...LEAVENWORTH...CASHMERE...ENTIAT...CHELAN...MANSON... PLAIN...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...KELLER...CURLEW...DANVILLE... LAURIER...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...OROVILLE...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. $$
7 follow-up statements
756 WGUS66 KOTX 040354 FFAOTX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 854 PM PDT FRI JUN 3 2011 ...AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL RUN VERY HIGH THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK... .THE COMBINATION OF WARM TEMPERATURES...AMPLE SUNSHINE AND AN ABOVE NORMAL SNOWPACK WILL RESULT IN EXCESSIVE RUN OFF INTO AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. IDC017-055-079-WAC003-007-019-047-051-063-065-042030- /O.CON.KOTX.FA.A.0005.000000T0000Z-110607T0000Z/ /00000.0.SM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BONNER-KOOTENAI-SHOSHONE-ASOTIN-CHELAN-FERRY-OKANOGAN- PEND OREILLE-SPOKANE-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER... COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD...CLARK FORK...COEUR D'ALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM...ATHOL... KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...SMELTERVILLE... CALDER...CLARKSTON...ASOTIN...ANATONE...LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN... REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...KELLER...CURLEW...DANVILLE...LAURIER... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...OROVILLE...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 854 PM PDT FRI JUN 3 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO AND WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTH IDAHO...BONNER...KOOTENAI AND SHOSHONE. IN WASHINGTON...ASOTIN...CHELAN...FERRY...OKANOGAN... PEND OREILLE...SPOKANE AND STEVENS. * THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON * DUE TO WARM TEMPERATURES AND EXCESSIVE SNOW MELT * SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE EXPECTED ON AREA STREAMS...CREEKS... SMALL RIVERS AND LAKES IN THE CASCADES...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RUNNING AT BANKFUL IF NOT OVER THEIR BANKS AT THIS TIME. SEVERAL LAKES ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING NEAR FLOOD CONDITIONS. THE WARM TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND WILL ONLY ADD TO THE RUN OFF. 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...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM... ATHOL...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... SMELTERVILLE...CALDER...CLARKSTON...ASOTIN...ANATONE... LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...KELLER...CURLEW... DANVILLE...LAURIER...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...OROVILLE... 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. $$
815 WGUS66 KOTX 041759 FFAOTX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1059 AM PDT SAT JUN 4 2011 ...AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL RUN VERY HIGH THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK... .THE COMBINATION OF WARM TEMPERATURES...AMPLE SUNSHINE AND AN ABOVE NORMAL SNOWPACK WILL RESULT IN EXCESSIVE RUN OFF INTO AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. IDC017-055-079-WAC003-007-019-047-051-063-065-051800- /O.CON.KOTX.FA.A.0005.000000T0000Z-110607T0000Z/ /00000.0.SM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BONNER-KOOTENAI-SHOSHONE-ASOTIN-CHELAN-FERRY-OKANOGAN- PEND OREILLE-SPOKANE-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER... COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD...CLARK FORK...COEUR D'ALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM...ATHOL... KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...SMELTERVILLE... CALDER...CLARKSTON...ASOTIN...ANATONE...LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN... REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...KELLER...CURLEW...DANVILLE...LAURIER... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...OROVILLE...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 1059 AM PDT SAT JUN 4 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO AND WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTH IDAHO...BONNER...KOOTENAI AND SHOSHONE. IN WASHINGTON...ASOTIN...CHELAN...FERRY...OKANOGAN... PEND OREILLE...SPOKANE AND STEVENS. * THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON * DUE TO WARM TEMPERATURES AND EXCESSIVE SNOW MELT * SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE EXPECTED ON AREA STREAMS...CREEKS... SMALL RIVERS AND LAKES IN THE CASCADES...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RUNNING AT BANKFUL IF NOT OVER THEIR BANKS AT THIS TIME. SEVERAL LAKES ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING NEAR FLOOD CONDITIONS. THE WARM TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND WILL ONLY ADD TO THE RUN OFF. 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...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM... ATHOL...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... SMELTERVILLE...CALDER...CLARKSTON...ASOTIN...ANATONE... LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...KELLER...CURLEW... DANVILLE...LAURIER...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...OROVILLE... 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. $$
076 WGUS66 KOTX 052027 FFAOTX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 127 PM PDT SUN JUN 5 2011 ...AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL RUN VERY HIGH THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK... .THE COMBINATION OF WARM TEMPERATURES...AMPLE SUNSHINE AND AN ABOVE NORMAL SNOWPACK WILL RESULT IN EXCESSIVE RUN OFF INTO AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS THROUGH EARLY THIS WEEK. IDC017-055-079-WAC003-007-019-047-051-063-065-062030- /O.CON.KOTX.FA.A.0005.000000T0000Z-110607T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BONNER-KOOTENAI-SHOSHONE-ASOTIN-CHELAN-FERRY-OKANOGAN- PEND OREILLE-SPOKANE-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER... COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD...CLARK FORK...COEUR D'ALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM...ATHOL... KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...SMELTERVILLE... CALDER...CLARKSTON...ASOTIN...ANATONE...LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN... REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...KELLER...CURLEW...DANVILLE...LAURIER... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...OROVILLE...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 127 PM PDT SUN JUN 5 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO AND WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTH IDAHO...BONNER...KOOTENAI AND SHOSHONE. IN WASHINGTON...ASOTIN...CHELAN...FERRY...OKANOGAN... PEND OREILLE...SPOKANE AND STEVENS. * THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON * DUE TO WARM TEMPERATURES AND ABUNDANT SNOW MELT. MODERATE RAINFALL ON MONDAY OVER THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE COULD ALSO INCREASE RUNOFF. * SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE EXPECTED ON AREA STREAMS...CREEKS... SMALL RIVERS AND LAKES IN THE CASCADES...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE THROUGH EARLY THIS WEEK. SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RUNNING AT BANKFUL IF NOT OVER THEIR BANKS AT THIS TIME. SEVERAL LAKES ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING NEAR FLOOD CONDITIONS. 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...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM... ATHOL...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... SMELTERVILLE...CALDER...CLARKSTON...ASOTIN...ANATONE... LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...KELLER...CURLEW... DANVILLE...LAURIER...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...OROVILLE... 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. $$
055 WGUS66 KOTX 062001 FFAOTX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 101 PM PDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL RUN VERY HIGH THIS WEEK... .THE COMBINATION OF WARM TEMPERATURES...AN ABOVE NORMAL SNOW PACK AND NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS WILL RESULT IN EXCESSIVE RUN OFF INTO AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS THROUGH MID WEEK. IDC017-055-079-WAC003-007-019-047-051-063-065-070415- /O.EXT.KOTX.FA.A.0005.000000T0000Z-110607T1800Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BONNER-KOOTENAI-SHOSHONE-ASOTIN-CHELAN-FERRY-OKANOGAN- PEND OREILLE-SPOKANE-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER... COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD...CLARK FORK...COEUR D'ALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM...ATHOL... KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...SMELTERVILLE... CALDER...CLARKSTON...ASOTIN...ANATONE...LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN... REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...KELLER...CURLEW...DANVILLE...LAURIER... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...OROVILLE...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 101 PM PDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO AND WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTH IDAHO...BONNER...KOOTENAI AND SHOSHONE. IN WASHINGTON...ASOTIN...CHELAN...FERRY...OKANOGAN... PEND OREILLE...SPOKANE AND STEVENS. * THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING * DUE TO WARM TEMPERATURES AND ABUNDANT SNOW MELT. MODERATE RAINFALL TODAY OVER THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE COULD ALSO INCREASE RUNOFF. * SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE EXPECTED ON AREA STREAMS...CREEKS... SMALL RIVERS AND LAKES IN THE CASCADES...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE THROUGH EARLY THIS WEEK. SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RUNNING AT BANK-FULL IF NOT OVER THEIR BANKS AT THIS TIME. SEVERAL LAKES ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING NEAR FLOOD CONDITIONS. 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...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM... ATHOL...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... SMELTERVILLE...CALDER...CLARKSTON...ASOTIN...ANATONE... LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...KELLER...CURLEW... DANVILLE...LAURIER...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...OROVILLE... 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. $$
008 WGUS66 KOTX 070308 FFAOTX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 808 PM PDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL RUN VERY HIGH THIS WEEK... .THE COMBINATION OF WARM TEMPERATURES...AN ABOVE NORMAL SNOW PACK AND NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS WILL RESULT IN EXCESSIVE RUN OFF INTO AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS THROUGH MID WEEK. IDC017-055-079-WAC003-007-019-047-051-063-065-071115- /O.CON.KOTX.FA.A.0005.000000T0000Z-110607T1800Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BONNER-KOOTENAI-SHOSHONE-ASOTIN-CHELAN-FERRY-OKANOGAN- PEND OREILLE-SPOKANE-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER... COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD...CLARK FORK...COEUR D'ALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM...ATHOL... KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...SMELTERVILLE... CALDER...CLARKSTON...ASOTIN...ANATONE...LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN... REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...KELLER...CURLEW...DANVILLE...LAURIER... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...OROVILLE...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 808 PM PDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO AND WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTH IDAHO...BONNER...KOOTENAI AND SHOSHONE. IN WASHINGTON...ASOTIN...CHELAN...FERRY...OKANOGAN... PEND OREILLE...SPOKANE AND STEVENS. * THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING * DUE TO WARM TEMPERATURES AND ABUNDANT SNOW MELT. MODERATE RAINFALL TODAY OVER THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE COULD ALSO INCREASE RUNOFF. * SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE EXPECTED ON AREA STREAMS...CREEKS... SMALL RIVERS AND LAKES IN THE CASCADES...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE THROUGH EARLY THIS WEEK. SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RUNNING AT BANK-FULL IF NOT OVER THEIR BANKS AT THIS TIME. SEVERAL LAKES ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING NEAR FLOOD CONDITIONS. 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...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM... ATHOL...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... SMELTERVILLE...CALDER...CLARKSTON...ASOTIN...ANATONE... LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...KELLER...CURLEW... DANVILLE...LAURIER...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...OROVILLE... 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. $$
380 WGUS66 KOTX 071034 FFAOTX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 334 AM PDT TUE JUN 7 2011 ...AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL RUN VERY HIGH THIS WEEK... .THE COMBINATION OF RECENT WARM TEMPERATURES...AN ABOVE NORMAL SNOW PACK AND NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS WILL RESULT IN EXCESSIVE RUN OFF INTO AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS THROUGH MID WEEK. IDC017-055-079-WAC003-007-019-047-051-063-065-071800- /O.CON.KOTX.FA.A.0005.000000T0000Z-110607T1800Z/ /00000.0.SM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BONNER-KOOTENAI-SHOSHONE-ASOTIN-CHELAN-FERRY-OKANOGAN- PEND OREILLE-SPOKANE-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER... COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD...CLARK FORK...COEUR D'ALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM...ATHOL... KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...SMELTERVILLE... CALDER...CLARKSTON...ASOTIN...ANATONE...LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN... REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...KELLER...CURLEW...DANVILLE...LAURIER... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...OROVILLE...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 334 AM PDT TUE JUN 7 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO AND WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTH IDAHO...BONNER...KOOTENAI AND SHOSHONE. IN WASHINGTON...ASOTIN...CHELAN...FERRY...OKANOGAN... PEND OREILLE...SPOKANE AND STEVENS. * UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING * DUE TO RECENT WARM TEMPERATURES AND ABUNDANT SNOW MELT. MODERATE RAINFALL TODAY OVER THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE COULD ALSO INCREASE RUNOFF. * SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE EXPECTED ON AREA STREAMS...CREEKS... SMALL RIVERS AND LAKES IN THE CASCADES...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE THROUGH EARLY THIS WEEK. SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RUNNING AT BANK-FULL IF NOT OVER THEIR BANKS AT THIS TIME. SEVERAL LAKES ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING NEAR FLOOD CONDITIONS. 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...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM... ATHOL...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... SMELTERVILLE...CALDER...CLARKSTON...ASOTIN...ANATONE... LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...KELLER...CURLEW... DANVILLE...LAURIER...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...OROVILLE... 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. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER...COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD...CLARK FORK...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM... ATHOL...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... SMELTERVILLE...CALDER...CLARKSTON...ASOTIN...ANATONE... LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...KELLER...CURLEW... DANVILLE...LAURIER...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...OROVILLE... 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. $$
842 WGUS66 KOTX 071825 FFAOTX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1125 AM PDT TUE JUN 7 2011 WAC007-047-080230- /O.EXP.KOTX.FA.A.0005.000000T0000Z-110607T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.FA.A.0006.110607T1825Z-110608T1800Z/ /00000.0.SM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHELAN-OKANOGAN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...OROVILLE...MAZAMA...WINTHROP...METHOW... TWISP...CONCONULLY 1125 AM PDT TUE JUN 7 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CHELAN AND OKANOGAN. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * DUE TO RECENT WARM TEMPERATURES AND ABUNDANT SNOW MELT...AS WELL AS MODERATE RAINFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE EXPECTED ON AREA STREAMS...CREEKS... SMALL RIVERS AND LAKES IN THE CASCADES...SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RUNNING AT BANK-FULL IF NOT OVER THEIR BANKS AT THIS TIME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD MONITOR FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...PLAIN ...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...KELLER...CURLEW... DANVILLE...LAURIER...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...OROVILLE... MAZAMA...WINTHROP...METHOW...TWISP...CONCONULLY. $$ IDC017-055-079-WAC003-019-051-063-065-071930- /O.EXP.KOTX.FA.A.0005.000000T0000Z-110607T1800Z/ /00000.0.SM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BONNER-KOOTENAI-SHOSHONE-ASOTIN-FERRY-PEND OREILLE-SPOKANE- STEVENS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER... COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD...CLARK FORK...COEUR D'ALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM...ATHOL... KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...SMELTERVILLE... CALDER...CLARKSTON...ASOTIN...ANATONE...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... KELLER...CURLEW...DANVILLE...LAURIER...NEWPORT...METALINE FALLS... IONE...CUSICK...DIAMOND LAKE...SPOKANE...AIRWAY HEIGHTS... MEDICAL LAKE...CHENEY...ROCKFORD...LIBERTY LAKE...DEER PARK... COLVILLE...CHEWELAH...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE...NORTHPORT 1125 AM PDT TUE JUN 7 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH HAS EXPIRED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO AND WASHINGTON HAS EXPIRED. THOUGH THE FLOOD WATCH HAS EXPIRED...SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RUNNING AT BANK- FULL...WITH SEVERAL LAKES ALSO EXPERIENCING NEAR FLOOD CONDITIONS. THIS INCLUDES NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER...COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD...CLARK FORK...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM... ATHOL...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... SMELTERVILLE...CALDER...CLARKSTON...ASOTIN...ANATONE...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...KELLER...CURLEW...DANVILLE...LAURIER...NEWPORT... METALINE FALLS...IONE...CUSICK...DIAMOND LAKE...SPOKANE...AIRWAY HEIGHTS...MEDICAL LAKE...CHENEY...ROCKFORD...LIBERTY LAKE...DEER PARK...COLVILLE...CHEWELAH...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE... NORTHPORT. $$
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, 10:59 AM PDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 10:59 AM PDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1059 AM PDT FRI JUN 3 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A DRY AND INCREASINGLY WARM WEATHER PATTERN WILL ENVELOPE THE INLAND NORTHWEST THIS WEEKEND...WITH PLENTY OF SUN AND HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 80 DEGREES ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN ON MONDAY...WITH A COOL DOWN AND DESCENT INTO A PERIOD OF UNSETTLED CONDITIONS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK. && .DISCUSSION... MADE SOME MINOR TWEAKS TO THE FORECAST FOR TODAY. BUMPED UP POPS JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER SHOSHONE COUNTY ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF IDAHO AND MONTANA. MISSOULA'S RADAR IS SHOWING SOME POTENTIAL SHOWER ACTIVITY ALONG THE BORDER AND SOME OF THIS MAY BE SPILLING A BIT INTO SHOSHONE COUNTY. MUCH OF THIS PRECIP IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN TO OUR EAST HOWEVER. SHALLOW CUMULUS IS BEGINNING TO POP UP LATE THIS MORNING. THESE CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN EAST OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN. DID DROP OUR MAX TEMP JUST A LITTLE BIT...MAINLY OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST WA AND PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE. HOW WARM OUR TEMPS ACTUALLY GET WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH WE FILL IN WITH CLOUDS. WE ARE TRACKING A LITTLE COOLER THAN SOME OF THE FORECAST HIGHS IN THIS AREA. THE CUMULUS CLOUDS BUBBLING UP OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY HAVE ENOUGH VERTICAL EXTENT TO PRODUCE LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS...BUT WE SHOULD BE MAINLY DRY OVER THE REGION FOR THE MOST PART. /SVH && .AVIATION... 18Z TAFS...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE THAT RESULTED IN SOME LOW STRATUS DEVELOPMENT OVER EXTREME EASTERN WA AND THE ID PANHANDLE IS NOW TRANSITIONING TO SHALLOW CUMULUS. EXPECTED THESE CLOUDS TO HANG AROUND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH CLOUD BASES BETWEEN ABOUT 4-6 KFT. OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...THESE CLOUDS MAY PRODUCE SOME LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS. BY TONIGHT...SKIES WILL CLEAR WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO TOMORROW. /SVH && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SPOKANE 63 45 74 49 78 54 / 0 0 0 0 0 10 COEUR D'ALENE 62 42 74 46 78 50 / 10 0 0 0 10 10 PULLMAN 63 42 74 48 76 54 / 0 0 0 0 10 10 LEWISTON 68 48 79 52 80 55 / 0 0 0 0 10 10 COLVILLE 70 42 79 48 84 50 / 10 0 0 0 0 10 SANDPOINT 61 39 73 42 79 47 / 10 10 0 0 10 10 KELLOGG 58 40 72 45 78 49 / 10 10 0 0 10 10 MOSES LAKE 71 45 79 49 84 57 / 0 0 0 0 0 10 WENATCHEE 72 48 78 53 84 56 / 0 0 0 0 10 10 OMAK 74 45 77 50 84 53 / 0 0 0 0 0 10 && .OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ID...NONE. WA...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 6:09 AM PDT, 7 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 609 AM PDT FRI JUN 3 2011 IDZ026-027-WAZ031>035-041-044-041315- LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 609 AM PDT FRI JUN 3 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL 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. IDZ001>004-WAZ036>038-042-043-041315- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- 609 AM PDT FRI JUN 3 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE SPRING MELT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST...AND RIVERS WILL REMAIN HIGH. ADDITIONAL POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN TODAY OVER NORTH IDAHO AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO RIVER RISES.
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.