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River Flood Watch 12, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at May 27, 2011, 5:09 AM PDT for Pend Oreille County, Washington; Bonner County, Idaho. It took effect at May 29, 2011, 5:54 PM PDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2011, 5:09 AM PDT (12:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 29, 2011, 5:54 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 27, 2011, 2:22 PM PDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bonner County, ID, Pend Oreille County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:07 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 river
Written for the forecast point Pend Oreille River below Albeni Falls Dam (ALFW1).
- Action stage
- 85000 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 May 27, 4:38 AM PDT, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 4:38 AM PDT, 31 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 6:14 AM PDT, 22 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 614 AM PDT THU MAY 26 2011 IDZ002-003-026-WAZ031-032-036-042-043-271315- COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- SPOKANE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- 614 AM PDT THU MAY 26 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERAL RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH DUE TO RUNOFF FROM ABOVE AVERAGE SNOW PACK IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS RECENT RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SEVERAL RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH DUE TO RUNOFF FROM ABOVE AVERAGE SNOW PACK IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS RECENT RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL SHOWER ACTIVITY THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO RIVER RISES. IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-271315- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 614 AM PDT THU MAY 26 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE SPRING MELT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST...AND RIVERS WILL BE HIGH FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. RECENT RAINFALL WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO RIVER RISES. SNOW LEVELS THURSDAY MORNING WILL LOWER TO BETWEEN 3000 AND 4000 FEET RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF BURST OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE SPRING MELT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST...AND RIVERS WILL REMAIN HIGH. RECENT RAINFALL AND ADDITIONAL SHOWER ACTIVITY THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO RIVER RISES. IDZ027-WAZ033>035-041-044-271315- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 614 AM PDT THU MAY 26 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 5:09 PM PDT | River Flood Watch | OTX | Asotin | 12 hr |
| May 27, 2:11 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille | 43 days |
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.