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River Flood Watch 4, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at May 22, 2013, 9:25 AM PDT for Okanogan County, Washington. It took effect at May 23, 2013, 2:36 PM PDT. It was in force for 6 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2013, 9:25 AM PDT (16:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 23, 2013, 2:36 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 29, 2013, 12:57 PM PDT
- In force
- 6 days
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Okanogan County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:25 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 Okanogan River near Tonasket (TONW1). The gauge peaked at 14.40 ft at May 23, 2013, 6:00 AM PDT.
- Action stage
- 14 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 17 ft
- Major stage
- 18 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12445000, 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 22, 8:58 AM PDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 8:58 AM PDT, 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 6:32 AM PDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 632 AM PDT WED MAY 22 2013 IDZ002>004-026-WAZ032>036-041-043-044-231345- COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 632 AM PDT WED MAY 22 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. IDZ027-WAZ031-042-231345- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 632 AM PDT WED MAY 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL IMPACT SOME MOUNTAIN ROADS AND PASSES THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS NEAR 3000 FEET RISE TO NEAR 4000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE DIPPING AGAIN TOWARD 3000 TO 3500 FEET TONIGHT. TRAVEL ACROSS MOUNTAIN ROADS AND PASSES MAY BE IMPACTED...ESPECIALLY UNDER HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS WHERE LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. CHECK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR YOUR STATE FOR LATEST PASS CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. IDZ001-WAZ037-038-231345- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 632 AM PDT WED MAY 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MODERATE RAIN ACROSS THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON AND THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL CARRY THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING. LOW SPOTS ON HILLY TERRAIN AND AREAS NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY BE IMPACTED. CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS ANY FLOODING IS OBSERVED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 9:16 PM PDT | Flood Watch | OTX | Pend Oreille, Stevens | 12 hr |
| May 22, 9:19 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Pend Oreille | 12 hr |
| May 22, 2:52 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | OTX | Spokane, Whitman | 16 hr |
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.