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River Flood Watch 7, NWS Spokane, WA

May 21, 2011Ferry County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at May 21, 2011, 10:27 PM PDT for Ferry County, Washington. It took effect at May 23, 2011, 3:54 AM PDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2011, 10:27 PM PDT (05:27 UTC)
In effect from: May 23, 2011, 3:54 AM PDT
Expired: May 22, 2011, 11:48 AM PDT
In force
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 05:30 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 Kettle River near Ferry (FRYW1). The gauge peaked at 18.59 ft at May 23, 2011, 10:00 AM 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 May 21, 4:33 PM PDT, 5 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 4:33 PM PDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 6:32 AM PDT, 15 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
632 AM PDT SAT MAY 21 2011

IDZ001>004-WAZ031-036>038-042-043-221400-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-SPOKANE AREA-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-
632 AM PDT SAT MAY 21 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEVERAL RIVERS CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH DUE TO RUNOFF FROM ABOVE
AVERAGE SNOW PACK IN THE MOUNTAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE SPRING MELT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF THE INLAND
NORTHWEST. MOST RIVERS IN EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO
WILL RUN HIGH FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

IDZ026-027-WAZ032>035-041-044-221400-
LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA-
WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
632 AM PDT SAT MAY 21 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

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 21, 10:42 PM PDT	River Flood Warning	OTX	Okanogan	35 days
May 22, 11:40 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	OTX	Ferry	6 days
May 21, 8:09 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Kootenai	4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Washington, 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.