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River Flood Watch 1, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at Mar 29, 2012, 11:02 AM PDT for Whitman County, Washington; Latah County, Idaho. It took effect at Mar 30, 2012, 2:31 PM PDT. It was in force for 51 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2012, 11:02 AM PDT (18:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2012, 2:31 PM PDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2012, 5:01 PM PDT
- In force
- 51 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Latah County, ID, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 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 Palouse River near Potlatch (PLOI1). The gauge peaked at 17.74 ft at Mar 31, 2012, 7:00 AM PDT.
- Action stage
- 14 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 16 ft
- Major stage
- 17 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 13345000, 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 Mar 29, 9:46 AM PDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 9:46 AM PDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Mar 29, 1:13 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Whitman | 22 hr |
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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.