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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2016, 7:09 PM PDT for Okanogan 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, 7:09 PM PDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2016, 10:15 PM PDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Okanogan County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 240 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.
831
WGUS56 KOTX 170209
FFWOTX
WAC047-170515-
/O.NEW.KOTX.FF.W.0004.160617T0209Z-160617T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
709 PM PDT THU JUN 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN OKANOGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...
* UNTIL 1015 PM PDT
* AT 707 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE OKANOGAN COMPLEX. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RIVERSIDE AND SYNAREP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 4863 11925 4849 11925 4848 11951 4860 11952
$$
LN1 follow-up statement
476 WGUS76 KOTX 170459 FFSOTX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 959 PM PDT THU JUN 16 2016 WAC047-170507- /O.CAN.KOTX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160617T0515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ OKANOGAN WA- 959 PM PDT THU JUN 16 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN OKANOGAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE OKANOGAN COMPLEX. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. LAT...LON 4863 11925 4849 11925 4848 11951 4860 11952 $$ LN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 6:50 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Stevens | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.