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River Flood Watch 1, NWS Spokane, WA

April 19, 2016Okanogan County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at Apr 19, 2016, 12:06 PM PDT for Okanogan County, Washington. It took effect at Apr 22, 2016, 1:33 AM PDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 19, 2016, 12:06 PM PDT (19:06 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 22, 2016, 1:33 AM PDT
Expired: Apr 22, 2016, 1:00 PM PDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Okanogan County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Okanogan River near Tonasket (TONW1).

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12445000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood watch went out at Apr 19, 10:39 AM PDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 10:39 AM PDT, 1 hour 27 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.