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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Spokane, WA

August 23, 20144 counties in Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this flash flood watch at Aug 23, 2014, 2:41 PM PDT for 4 counties in Washington. It took effect at Aug 24, 2014, 8:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 23, 2014, 2:41 PM PDT (21:41 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 24, 2014, 8:00 AM PDT
Expired: Aug 24, 2014, 5:35 PM PDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Flood severity: None

Counties Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Okanogan County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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 22, 4:33 PM PDT, 22 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 4:33 PM PDT, 22 hours 8 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 22, 6:26 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Asotin, Garfield, Whitman	2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Washington, 2014 Every flash flood watch in 2014

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.