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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Spokane, WA

August 26, 2013Chelan County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this flash flood watch at Aug 26, 2013, 8:57 AM PDT for Chelan County, Washington. It took effect at Aug 26, 2013, 1:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 26, 2013, 8:57 AM PDT (15:57 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 26, 2013, 1:00 PM PDT
Expired: Aug 26, 2013, 7:15 PM PDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Flood severity: None

County Chelan County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Aug 26, 4:39 AM PDT, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 4:39 AM PDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 6:10 AM PDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 25, 6:37 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Adams, Grant, Whitman	53 min
Aug 25, 7:34 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Adams, Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman	26 min
Aug 25, 7:59 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman	61 min
Aug 25, 8:26 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Ferry, Stevens	64 min
Aug 25, 8:43 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan	62 min
Aug 25, 8:45 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Pend Oreille, Spokane	60 min
Aug 25, 9:13 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Ferry, Stevens	92 min
Aug 25, 9:31 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Pend Oreille	74 min
Aug 25, 7:29 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Latah, Shoshone	31 min
Aug 25, 7:53 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Benewah, Latah, Shoshone	22 min
Aug 25, 8:10 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Benewah, Kootenai, Shoshone	35 min
Aug 25, 10:14 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Boundary	61 min
Aug 25, 11:16 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Lewis	44 min

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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.