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River Flood Watch 15, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at Jun 6, 2011, 3:05 PM PDT for Ferry County, Washington. It took effect at Jun 8, 2011, 3:21 PM PDT. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2011, 3:05 PM PDT (22:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 8, 2011, 3:21 PM PDT
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2011, 2:16 PM PDT
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Flood severity
- None
County Ferry County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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 Kettle River near Ferry (FRYW1). The gauge peaked at 18.90 ft at Jun 8, 2011, 8:00 PM PDT.
- Action stage
- 17.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 18.5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 19.5 ft
- Major stage
- 20.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12401500, 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 Jun 6, 2:34 PM PDT, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:34 PM PDT, 31 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 5:05 AM PDT | River Flood Watch | OTX | Shoshone | 68 hr |
| Jun 6, 5:05 AM PDT | River Flood Watch | OTX | Boundary | 4 days |
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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.