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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Spokane, WA

March 8, 2014Kootenai County, Shoshone County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at Mar 8, 2014, 12:13 PM PST for Kootenai County, Shoshone County, Idaho. It took effect at Mar 9, 2014, 4:45 PM PDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 8, 2014, 12:13 PM PST (20:13 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 9, 2014, 4:45 PM PDT
Expired: Mar 11, 2014, 3:51 AM PDT
In force: 35 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Kootenai County, ID, Shoshone County, ID

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Coeur d'Alene River at Cataldo (CTLI1). The gauge peaked at 45.17 ft at Mar 10, 2014, 4:00 PM PDT.

Action stage: 42 ft
Minor stage: 43 ft
Moderate stage: 46 ft
Major stage: 50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12413500, 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 Mar 8, 9:22 AM PST, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 9:22 AM PST, 2 hours 51 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
Mar 8, 12:25 PM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Chelan	28 hr
Mar 8, 12:56 PM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Pend Oreille, Stevens	33 hr
Mar 8, 1:06 PM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Kootenai, Shoshone	51 hr

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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.