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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Spokane, WA

July 11, 2015Douglas County, Okanogan County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this flash flood watch at Jul 11, 2015, 8:46 AM PDT for Douglas County, Okanogan County, Washington. It took effect at Jul 11, 2015, 1:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 11, 2015, 8:46 AM PDT (15:46 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 11, 2015, 1:00 PM PDT
Expired: Jul 11, 2015, 7:20 PM PDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Flood severity: None

Counties Douglas County, WA, Okanogan County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Jul 11, 6:33 AM PDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 6:33 AM PDT, 2 hours 13 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
Jul 10, 6:37 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Douglas	38 min
Jul 10, 7:05 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Douglas	115 min
Jul 10, 9:53 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Ferry	112 min

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.