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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2016, 5:08 PM PDT for Chelan County, Douglas County, Washington. It was in force for 112 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2016, 5:08 PM PDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2016, 7:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 112 min
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
790
WGUS56 KOTX 200008
FFWOTX
WAC007-017-200200-
/O.NEW.KOTX.FF.W.0005.160720T0008Z-160720T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
508 PM PDT TUE JUL 19 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...
EASTERN CHELAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...
* UNTIL 700 PM PDT
* AT 505 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHELAN AND CHELAN FALLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
THE AFFECTED AREAS ARE IN AND BELOW THE CHELAN COMPLEX. HIGH
INTENSITY RAINFALL ON THE BURNED AREA MAY CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING...DEBRIS FLOWS...MUD SLIDES AND ROCK SLIDES. RESIDENTS AND
MOTORISTS IN AND BELOW THE CHELAN COMPLEX BURNED AREAS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4780 12002 4791 12001 4790 11974 4780 11974
$$
JW1 follow-up statement
443 WGUS76 KOTX 200157 FFSOTX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 657 PM PDT TUE JUL 19 2016 WAC007-017-200205- /O.EXP.KOTX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160720T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS WA-CHELAN WA- 657 PM PDT TUE JUL 19 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS AND EASTERN CHELAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM PDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 4780 12002 4791 12001 4790 11974 4780 11974 $$ JW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 5:37 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Okanogan | 113 min |
| Jul 19, 5:51 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.