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River Flood Watch 3, NWS Spokane, WA
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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</html>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 SPOKANELocal 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 SPOKANEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 5:27 AM PDT | River Flood Watch | OTX | Whitman | 27 hr |
| Mar 10, 5:01 AM PDT | River Flood Warning | OTX | Benewah | 3 days |
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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.