Alert archive / Washington / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2016, 6:50 PM PDT for Stevens County, Washington. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2016, 6:50 PM PDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2016, 9:45 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Stevens County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 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 nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 140 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
207
WGUS56 KOTX 170150
FFWOTX
WAC065-170445-
/O.NEW.KOTX.FF.W.0003.160617T0150Z-160617T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
650 PM PDT THU JUN 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...
* UNTIL 945 PM PDT
* AT 648 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE CARPENTER ROAD FIRE. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CEDONIA...FRUITLAND AND HUNTERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
THE AFFECTED AREAS ARE IN AND BELOW THE CARPENTER ROAD BURN SCAR
ABOVE SPRINGDALE HUNTERS ROAD...HUNTERS CREEK...O-RA-PAK-EN CREEK...
ALDER CREEK AND SAND CREEK. HIGH INTENSITY RAINFALL ON THE BURNED
AREAS MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...DEBRIS FLOWS...MUD SLIDES AND ROCK
SLIDES. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN AND BELOW THE CARPENTER ROAD BURN
SCAR SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4820 11804 4804 11803 4804 11826 4806 11825
4807 11823 4810 11824 4814 11823 4816 11819
4819 11820 4821 11818
$$
LN1 follow-up statement
892
WGUS76 KOTX 170321
FFSOTX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
821 PM PDT THU JUN 16 2016
WAC065-170329-
/O.CAN.KOTX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160617T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STEVENS WA-
821 PM PDT THU JUN 16 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4820 11804 4804 11803 4804 11826 4806 11825
4807 11823 4810 11824 4814 11823 4816 11819
4819 11820 4821 11818
$$
BTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:09 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Okanogan | 3 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.