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Flood Watch 1, NWS Spokane, WA

May 21, 2013Pend Oreille County, Stevens County, Washington; Bonner County, Boundary County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this flood watch at May 21, 2013, 9:16 PM PDT for Pend Oreille County, Stevens County, Washington; Bonner County, Boundary County, Idaho. It took effect at May 22, 2013, 3:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2013, 9:16 PM PDT (04:16 UTC)
In effect from: May 22, 2013, 3:00 AM PDT
Expired: May 22, 2013, 9:25 AM PDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Flood severity: None

Counties Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Pend Oreille County, WA, Stevens County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:18 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 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 flood watch went out at May 21, 7:42 PM PDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 7:42 PM PDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 8:10 PM PDT, 1 hour 6 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
May 22, 9:19 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Pend Oreille	12 hr
May 22, 9:25 AM PDT	River Flood Watch	OTX	Okanogan	7 days
May 22, 2:52 PM PDT	Freeze Warning	OTX	Spokane, Whitman	16 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Washington, 2013 Flood Watches in Idaho, 2013 Every flood watch in 2013

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.