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Flood Watch 10, NWS Spokane, WA

May 15, 20174 counties in Washington; Bonner County, Boundary County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this flood watch at May 15, 2017, 3:04 PM PDT for 4 counties in Washington; Bonner County, Boundary County, Idaho. It took effect at May 16, 2017, 2:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 2017, 3:04 PM PDT (22:04 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2017, 2:00 AM PDT
Expired: May 16, 2017, 8:00 PM PDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Flood severity: None

Counties Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Ferry County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Stevens County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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 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 flood watch went out at May 15, 2:46 PM PDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 2:46 PM PDT, 18 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
May 15, 2:40 PM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Ferry, Okanogan	20 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Washington, 2017 Flood Watches in Idaho, 2017 Every flood watch 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.