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River Flood Watch 1, NWS Spokane, WA

March 30, 2011Kootenai County, Shoshone County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at Mar 30, 2011, 10:07 PM PDT for Kootenai County, Shoshone County, Idaho. It took effect at Apr 1, 2011, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 30, 2011, 10:07 PM PDT (05:07 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 1, 2011, 5:00 AM PDT
Expired: Mar 31, 2011, 11:41 AM PDT
In force
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 05:06 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 42.44 ft at Apr 1, 2011, 11:00 AM PDT.

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.

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 Mar 30, 8:28 PM PDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 8:28 PM PDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 5:51 AM PDT, 16 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
551 AM PDT WED MAR 30 2011

IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-043-311315-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY-
551 AM PDT WED MAR 30 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO...
NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ031>036-041-042-044-311315-
COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-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-WENATCHEE AREA-
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
551 AM PDT WED MAR 30 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

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND
PORTIONS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE TODAY. WIDESPREAD WIND SPEEDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVER MOST OF THE
COLUMBIA BASIN...THE PALOUSE...AND SPOKANE COEUR D'ALENE AREA.
LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE CASCADES...INCLUDING
THE WENATCHEE AREA...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND SURROUNDING WEST
FACING RIDGES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

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
Mar 31, 8:50 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Chelan	11 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Idaho, 2011 Every river flood watch in 2011

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.