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River Flood Watch 12, NWS Spokane, WA

March 29, 2017Spokane County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at Mar 29, 2017, 10:58 AM PDT for Spokane County, Washington. It took effect at Mar 30, 2017, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 29, 2017, 10:58 AM PDT (17:58 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 30, 2017, 5:00 AM PDT
Expired: Mar 31, 2017, 11:32 AM PDT
In force: 31 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Spokane County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Little Spokane River at Dartford (LSDW1). The gauge peaked at 6.35 ft at Mar 30, 2017, 1:00 PM PDT.

Action stage: 5.5 ft
Minor stage: 6.5 ft
Moderate stage: 7.5 ft
Major stage: 8.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12431000, 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 Mar 29, 9:39 AM PDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 9:39 AM PDT, 1 hour 19 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.