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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Spokane, WA

May 7, 2013Chelan County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at May 7, 2013, 10:19 AM PDT for Chelan County, Washington. It took effect at May 9, 2013, 2:36 AM PDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 2013, 10:19 AM PDT (17:19 UTC)
In effect from
May 9, 2013, 2:36 AM PDT
Expired
May 13, 2013, 4:39 PM PDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Storm-based polygon
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 17:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Stehekin River at Stehekin (STHW1). The gauge peaked at 23.99 ft at May 12, 2013, 10:00 PM PDT.

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Action stage
19.5 ft
Minor stage
20.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12451000, 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 May 7, 4:30 AM PDT, 5 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 4:30 AM PDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 6:06 AM PDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
606 AM PDT TUE MAY 7 2013

IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032>036-041-043-044-081315-
COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-
OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
606 AM PDT TUE MAY 7 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO...
NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL
WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND
SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

WAZ037-038-042-081315-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
606 AM PDT TUE MAY 7 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE
NORTHERN CASCADES AND OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS. SOME STORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING STRIKES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY...MAINLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO PRESENT THE POSSIBILITY FOR LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN...HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

IDZ001-004-027-WAZ031-081315-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
606 AM PDT TUE MAY 7 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO...
NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS STARTING
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND LINGERING THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME STORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING STRIKES.

Nearby

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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.