River Flood Warning 2, NWS Spokane, WA

Issued

Mar 26, 2012, 4:14 PM PDT (23:14 UTC)

Expired

Mar 26, 2012, 10:02 PM PDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Spokane, WA

Flood severity

Minor

County Whitman County, WA

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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.

Written for the forecast point South Fork Palouse River at Pullman (PULW1). The gauge peaked at 6.94 ft at Mar 26, 2012, 4:00 PM PDT.

Action stage

5.5 ft

Minor stage

7 ft

Moderate stage

8 ft

Major stage

9 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 13348000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

661 
WGUS46 KOTX 262314
FLWOTX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE, WA
414 PM PDT MON MAR 26 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...

  S FK PALOUSE RIVER AT PULLMAN AFFECTING WHITMAN COUNTY

...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE 
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IDAHO...WASHINGTON...
  PALOUSE RIVER NEAR POTLATCH AFFECTING LATAH AND WHITMAN COUNTIES

...PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH MELTING SNOW HAS LED TO SHARP
RISES ON THE PALOUSE RIVER. MODERATE FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON THE 
PALOUSE RIVER NEAR POTLATCH. MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED BRIEFLY ON 
THE PALOUSE RIVER AT PULLMAN BEFORE THE RIVER CRESTS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED 
AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW FOR SAFE PASSAGE. AS LITTLE
AS ONE FOOT OF WATER ON THE ROAD CAN MOVE MOST VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT:
HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=OTX

&&

IDC057-WAC075-271114-
/O.EXT.KOTX.FL.W.0001.120326T2302Z-120327T1851Z/
/PLOI1.2.ER.120326T2043Z.120327T0000Z.120327T0651Z.NO/
414 PM PDT MON MAR 26 2012

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE PALOUSE RIVER NEAR POTLATCH.
* UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.
* AT  3:46 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS  15.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.00 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 16.0 FEET BY 
  LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD 
  STAGE LATE TONIGHT.
* AT 15.0 FEET...EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF THE LOW LYING AREAS BETWEEN 
  POTLATCH, ID AND PALOUSE, WA WILL OCCUR. FLOODING WILL ALSO BE 
  EXPERIENCED AT THE LIONS CLUB COMMUNITY PARK AND HAYTON GREENE PARK
  IN PALOUSE. SOUTH RIVER ROAD WILL LIKELY BE FLOODED WHERE IT 
  CROSSES THE PALOUSE RIVER AT WELLESLEY RD. 
* AT 16.5 FEET...WATER IS UP TO THE BACK DOOR AT THE CITY SHOP IN 
  PALOUSE. WATER WILL APPROACH THE HOME ON MAIN ST NEAR HAYTON GREENE
  PARK.

$$

WAC075-271114-
/O.NEW.KOTX.FL.W.0002.120326T2314Z-120327T1416Z/
/PULW1.1.ER.120326T2249Z.120327T0000Z.120327T0216Z.NO/
414 PM PDT MON MAR 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE, WA HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE S FK PALOUSE RIVER AT PULLMAN.
* UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.
* AT 3:15 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.00 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 7.3 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE 
  RIVER IS FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE EVENING.
* AT 7.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING IN THE RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS AREAS 
  ALONG THE RIVER IN AND AROUND PULLMAN CAN BE EXPECTED.
* LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORT THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE CLOSED AT MAIN AND
  PINE AND MORTON STREET IS FLOODED AND CLOSED NEAR REANEY PARK.

$$

679 
WGUS86 KOTX 270502
FLSOTX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE, WA
1002 PM PDT MON MAR 26 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
WASHINGTON...

  S FK PALOUSE RIVER AT PULLMAN AFFECTING WHITMAN COUNTY

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IDAHO...
WASHINGTON...

  PALOUSE RIVER NEAR POTLATCH AFFECTING LATAH AND WHITMAN COUNTIES

...PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH MELTING SNOW HAS LED 
RISES ON THE PALOUSE RIVER. MODERATE FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON THE 
PALOUSE RIVER NEAR POTLATCH...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED 
AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW FOR SAFE PASSAGE. AS LITTLE
AS ONE FOOT OF WATER ON THE ROAD CAN MOVE MOST VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT:
HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=OTX

&&

IDC057-WAC075-280439-
/O.EXT.KOTX.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120328T0439Z/
/PLOI1.2.ER.120326T2043Z.120327T0735Z.120327T1639Z.NO/
1002 PM PDT MON MAR 26 2012

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING...
 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE PALOUSE RIVER NEAR POTLATCH.
* UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING.
* AT  9:45 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS  16.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.00 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 16.9 FEET BY 
  12:01 AM TUESDAY. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE 
  TOMORROW LATE MORNING.
* AT 15.0 FEET...EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF THE LOW LYING AREAS BETWEEN 
  POTLATCH, ID AND PALOUSE, WA WILL OCCUR. FLOODING WILL ALSO BE 
  EXPERIENCED AT THE LIONS CLUB COMMUNITY PARK AND HAYTON GREENE PARK
  IN PALOUSE. SOUTH RIVER ROAD WILL LIKELY BE FLOODED WHERE IT 
  CROSSES THE PALOUSE RIVER AT WELLESLEY RD. 
* AT 16.5 FEET...WATER IS UP TO THE BACK DOOR AT THE CITY SHOP IN 
  PALOUSE. WATER WILL APPROACH THE HOME ON MAIN ST NEAR HAYTON GREENE
  PARK.


$$

WAC075-270532-
/O.CAN.KOTX.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120327T1416Z/
/PULW1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1002 PM PDT MON MAR 26 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE S FK PALOUSE RIVER AT PULLMAN.
* AT  9:15 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS  7.00 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED NEAR THE FLOOD STAGE OF 7.0 FEET.  THE 
  RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 4.3 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* AT 7.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING IN THE RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS AREAS 
  ALONG THE RIVER IN AND AROUND PULLMAN CAN BE EXPECTED.

$$

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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.