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River Flood Watch 1, NWS Spokane, WA

March 29, 2012Whitman County, Washington; Latah County, Idaho

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 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.

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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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 1:13 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOTXAsotin, Garfield, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Whitman22 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Washington, 2012River Flood Watches in Idaho, 2012Every river flood watch in 2012

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.