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River Flood Watch 3, NWS Spokane, WA

May 13, 2011Kootenai County, Shoshone County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at May 13, 2011, 1:47 PM PDT for Kootenai County, Shoshone County, Idaho. It took effect at May 16, 2011, 5:45 AM PDT. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 2011, 1:47 PM PDT (20:47 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2011, 5:45 AM PDT
Expired: May 17, 2011, 9:38 PM PDT
In force: 40 hr
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 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Coeur d'Alene River at Cataldo (CTLI1). The gauge peaked at 43.88 ft at May 16, 2011, 10:00 PM 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 May 13, 1:14 PM PDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 1:14 PM PDT, 33 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 1:47 PM PDT	River Flood Watch	OTX	Chelan	4 days
May 13, 3:18 PM PDT	Areal Flood Warning	OTX	Asotin, Garfield	69 hr
May 13, 3:28 PM PDT	Areal Flood Warning	OTX	Chelan, Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens	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.