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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Spokane, WA

July 26, 2015Douglas County, Ferry County, Okanogan County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this flash flood watch at Jul 26, 2015, 3:27 AM PDT for Douglas County, Ferry County, Okanogan County, Washington. It took effect at Jul 26, 2015, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 26, 2015, 3:27 AM PDT (10:27 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 26, 2015, 2:00 PM PDT
Expired: Jul 26, 2015, 8:00 PM PDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Flood severity: None

Counties Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Okanogan County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:24 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 26, 2:33 AM PDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 2:33 AM PDT, 54 minutes before

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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.