River Flood Warning 7, NWS Spokane, WA

Issued

Mar 30, 2012, 2:37 PM PDT (21:37 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 30, 2012, 10:16 PM PDT

Expired

Mar 30, 2012, 9:38 PM PDT

In force

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 21:38 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 5.37 ft at Mar 30, 2012, 8:00 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.

164 
WGUS46 KOTX 302137
FLWOTX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE, WA
237 PM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012

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

  SOUTH FORK PALOUSE RIVER AT PULLMAN AFFECTING WHITMAN COUNTY

...PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN ON SATURATED SOILS OVER THE
LAST 24 HOURS HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING FLOWS ON THE SOUTH FORK OF
THE PALOUSE RIVER IN PULLMAN. MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE LATE
TONIGHT BEFORE THE RIVER QUICKLY RECEDES AGAIN...


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

&&

WAC075-310937-
/O.NEW.KOTX.FL.W.0007.120331T0516Z-120331T1829Z/
/PULW1.1.ER.120331T0516Z.120331T0600Z.120331T0629Z.NO/
237 PM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE, WA HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE SOUTH FORK PALOUSE RIVER AT PULLMAN.
* FROM THIS EVENING TO SATURDAY MORNING.
* AT  1:15 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.00 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT AND TO 
  CREST AT 7.1 FEET NEAR 10 PM. THE RIVER IS THEN EXPECTED TO FALL 
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 12 PM TONIGHT.
* AT 7.0 FEET...WATER WILL BE UP TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PEDESTRIAN 
  BRIDGE AT MAIN AND PINE STREET. THE LOW SPOT ON MORTON STREET NEAR 
  REANEY PARK WILL BE FLOODED. WATER WILL BE UP ALONG THE FOUNDATIONS 
  OF THE OLDER COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ALONG POPLAR STREET NEAR ITS 
  INTERSECTION WITH STATE STREET AS WELL AS THE OLDER BUILDINGS ON 
  MAIN STERET BETWEEN KAMIAKEN AND PARADISE STREETS. SOME FLOODING OF 
  PASTURE LAND DOWNSTREAM OF PULLMAN. 

$$

605 
WGUS86 KOTX 310438
FLSOTX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE, WA
938 PM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012

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

  PARADISE CREEK AT UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO AT MOSCOW ID AFFECTING LATAH
  AND WHITMAN COUNTIES
  SOUTH FORK PALOUSE RIVER AT PULLMAN AFFECTING WHITMAN COUNTY

...RAIN IS STILL EXPECTED TONIGHT. YET THE INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO 
DECREASE OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH 
OF THE REGION. AS A COLD FRONT COMES IN SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY
NIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE AGAIN. HOWEVER ADDITIONAL RISES THAT 
WOULD BRING PARADISE CREEK AND ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH FORK OF THE PALOUSE 
RIVER AT PULLMAN TO FLOOD STAGE HAS BECOME LESS LIKELY. CONTINUE TO 
MONITOR LEVELS FOR ANY CHANGES TO THE CURRENT FORECAST ESPECIALLY AROUND 
PARADISE CREEK WHICH MAY RESPOND QUICKER TO ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION...

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-WAC075-310508-
/O.CAN.KOTX.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120331T0438Z/
/PACI1.1.ER.120330T1941Z.120330T2200Z.120331T0220Z.NR/
938 PM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE PARADISE CREEK AT UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO AT MOSCOW ID.
* AT 8:45 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.9 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.20 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE CREEK IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN STEADY OR SLOWLY FALL 
  FRIDAY NIGHT AND WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO RISE AGAIN SATURDAY
  AFTERNOON.


$$

WAC075-310508-
/O.CAN.KOTX.FL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120331T1829Z/
/PULW1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
938 PM PDT FRI MAR 30 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE SOUTH FORK PALOUSE RIVER AT PULLMAN.
* AT  8:15 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS  7.00 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST BELOW FLOOD STAGE WITH A VALUE OF
  6.0 FEET EARLY SATURDAY. 


$$

River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2012Every river flood warning in 2012

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.