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River Flood Watch 7, NWS Spokane, WA

May 23, 2014Boundary County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at May 23, 2014, 11:39 AM PDT for Boundary County, Idaho. It took effect at May 25, 2014, 12:49 PM PDT. It was in force for 51 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2014, 11:39 AM PDT (18:39 UTC)
In effect from
May 25, 2014, 12:49 PM PDT
Expired
May 27, 2014, 3:48 PM PDT
In force
51 hr
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Boundary County, ID

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Moyie River at Eastport (EASI1). The gauge peaked at 8.49 ft at May 24, 2014, 1:00 AM PDT.

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Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
10 ft
Major stage
11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12306500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

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.