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River Flood Watch 5, NWS Spokane, WA

May 15, 2014Okanogan County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at May 15, 2014, 9:56 AM PDT for Okanogan County, Washington. It took effect at May 15, 2014, 5:20 PM PDT. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 2014, 9:56 AM PDT (16:56 UTC)
In effect from: May 15, 2014, 5:20 PM PDT
Expired: May 17, 2014, 1:17 PM PDT
In force: 44 hr
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 16:54 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 15.66 ft at May 18, 2014, 1:00 PM 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 15, 4:38 AM PDT, 5 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 4:38 AM PDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 6:44 AM PDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
644 AM PDT THU MAY 15 2014

IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-161345-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA-
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
644 AM PDT THU MAY 15 2014

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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

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 15, 4:14 PM PDT	River Flood Warning	OTX	Okanogan	12 days
May 15, 4:17 PM PDT	River Flood Watch	OTX	Chelan	56 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.