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River Flood Watch 3, NWS Spokane, WA

March 9, 2014Benewah County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at Mar 9, 2014, 5:02 PM PDT for Benewah County, Idaho. It took effect at Mar 10, 2014, 10:55 AM PDT. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2014, 5:02 PM PDT (00:02 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 10, 2014, 10:55 AM PDT
Expired
Mar 12, 2014, 3:03 AM PDT
In force
40 hr
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Benewah County, ID

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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 St Joe River at St Maries (SJMI1).

Action stage
31 ft
Minor stage
32.5 ft
Moderate stage
36 ft
Major stage
38 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12415070, 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 9, 5:00 PM PDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 5:00 PM PDT, 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 10:41 AM PDT, 6 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1041 AM PDT SUN MAR 9 2014

WAZ034-035-038-041-043-044-101745-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-
WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
1041 AM PDT SUN MAR 9 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

IDZ001>004-WAZ033-036-037-042-101745-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
1041 AM PDT SUN MAR 9 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ANOTHER WET WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL
TO THE AREA THROUGH TODAY. RAINFALL COMBINED WITH SOME MID
ELEVATION SNOW MELT WILL RESULT IN RISES TO AREA RIVERS AND SMALL
STREAMS. MAIN STEM RIVERS DRAINING THE IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS
WILL RUN HIGH AND SOME LOCATIONS MAY ACHIEVE MINOR FLOOD STAGE BY
EARLY NEXT WEEK. OTHER HAZARDS MAY INCLUDE MUDSLIDES OR DEBRIS
FLOWS AND POSSIBLY SOME DAMAGE TO AREA ROADWAYS IF CULVERTS BECOME
CLOGGED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

AREA RIVERS AND SMALL STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH THROUGH AT
LEAST EARLY NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY IN THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE.
A SECOND WEATHER SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO
CLIP THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. AT THIS
TIME...THE BULK OF THIS RAINFALL IS ANTICIPATED TO HEAD SOUTH OF
THE RIVER BASINS DRAINING OUT OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS.

IDZ026-027-WAZ031-032-101745-
LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-
1041 AM PDT SUN MAR 9 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ANOTHER WET WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL
TO THE LASTING THROUGH MONDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN RISES IN AREA
RIVERS AND SMALL STREAMS. SOME LOCATIONS MAY ACHIEVE MINOR FLOOD
STAGE BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. OTHER HAZARDS MAY INCLUDE MUDSLIDES OR
DEBRIS FLOWS AND POSSIBLY SOME DAMAGE TO AREA ROADWAYS IF CULVERTS
BECOME CLOGGED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 9, 2:01 PM PDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
201 PM PDT SUN MAR 09 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0140 PM     DEBRIS FLOW      1 S METALINE FALLS      48.85N 117.37W
03/09/2014                   PEND OREILLE       WA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SR3 1.3 MILES SOUTH OF METALINE FALLS IS BLOCKED BY A
            MUDSLIDE WITH LARGE ROCKS. REPORTED BY KHQ-6 NEWS. THE
            TIME IS ESTIMATED.

&&

NWS SPOKANE
Local storm report, Mar 9, 4:22 PM PDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
422 PM PDT SUN MAR 09 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0140 PM     DEBRIS FLOW      3 S METALINE FALLS      48.82N 117.37W
03/09/2014                   PEND OREILLE       WA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            THE SOUTHBOUND LANE ON SR31 AT MM11 IS BLOCKED BY A
            MUDSLIDE WITH LARGE ROCKS. REPORTED BY KHQ-6 NEWS. THE
            TIME IS ESTIMATED. CORRECTED LOCATION.

&&

NWS SPOKANE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 5:27 AM PDTRiver Flood WatchOTXWhitman27 hr
Mar 10, 5:01 AM PDTRiver Flood WarningOTXBenewah3 days

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Idaho, 2014Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.