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Areal Flood Warning 8, NWS Spokane, WA

March 15, 2017Lincoln County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this areal flood warning at Mar 15, 2017, 4:16 PM PDT for Lincoln County, Washington. It was in force for 7 days. 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 15, 2017, 4:16 PM PDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2017, 2:32 PM PDT
In force
7 days
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Lincoln County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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 15, 2:48 PM PDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 2:48 PM PDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 6:02 AM PDT, 10 hours 14 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Spokane WA
602 AM PDT Wed Mar 15 2017

IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>033-036>038-161315-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA-
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-
602 AM PDT Wed Mar 15 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North Idaho...
North Central Idaho...North Central Washington...Northeast
Washington and Southeast Washington.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

Occasional light to moderate rain will continue today. Mild
temperatures will continue to promote snow melt. Flooding issues
on small streams and in urban areas will continue.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

Large main stem rivers will remain high through the week although
small streams will likely fall Thursday and Friday due to a break
in rain and cooler temperatures. Another round of mild and wet
weather over the weekend combined with more snow melt will lead to
another rise on rivers and streams which may result in additional
flooding into early next week.

WAZ034-035-041>044-161315-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA-
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
602 AM PDT Wed Mar 15 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Central
Washington...East Central Washington and North Central
Washington.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 15, 11:45 AM PDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 15, 1:17 PM PDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 15, 2:25 PM PDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 4:51 AM PDTRiver Flood WarningOTXShoshone55 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Washington, 2017Every 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.