Alert archive / Washington / River Flood Watches in 2013
River Flood Watch 3, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at May 7, 2013, 6:24 PM PDT for Ferry County, Washington. It took effect at May 9, 2013, 10:07 AM PDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2013, 6:24 PM PDT (01:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 9, 2013, 10:07 AM PDT
- Expired
- May 10, 2013, 10:07 AM PDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Ferry County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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 Kettle River near Ferry (FRYW1). The gauge peaked at 18.36 ft at May 10, 2013, 5:00 PM PDT.
- Action stage
- 17.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 18.5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 19.5 ft
- Major stage
- 20.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12401500, 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, 6:01 PM PDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 6:01 PM PDT, 23 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 6:06 AM PDT, 12 hours 18 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 4:45 AM PDT | River Flood Warning | OTX | Okanogan | 11 days |
| May 8, 4:45 AM PDT | River Flood Warning | OTX | Chelan | 6 days |
| May 8, 10:06 AM PDT | River Flood Warning | OTX | Ferry | 6 days |
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.