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Areal Flood Warning 10, NWS Spokane, WA

March 19, 20174 counties in Washington; 6 counties in Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this areal flood warning at Mar 19, 2017, 12:14 PM PDT for 4 counties in Washington; 6 counties in Idaho. It was in force for 72 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 19, 2017, 12:14 PM PDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2017, 12:00 PM PDT
In force: 72 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Ferry County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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 areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Mar 18, 4:43 PM PDT, 19 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 4:43 PM PDT, 19 hours 31 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 18, 11:24 PM PDT	River Flood Warning	OTX	Shoshone	34 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Idaho, 2017 Areal Flood Warnings in Washington, 2017 Every areal flood warning in 2017

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.