Alert archive / Washington / River Flood Watches in 2017
River Flood Watch 17, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at May 12, 2017, 8:53 AM PDT for Okanogan County, Washington. It took effect at May 12, 2017, 10:52 PM PDT. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2017, 8:53 AM PDT (15:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 12, 2017, 10:52 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 16, 2017, 6:21 AM PDT
- In force
- 3 days
- 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 15:56 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 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 May 12, 4:55 AM PDT, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 4:55 AM PDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 5:16 AM PDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Spokane WA 516 AM PDT Fri May 12 2017 IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-131230- 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- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 516 AM PDT Fri May 12 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North Idaho... North Central Idaho...Central Washington...East Central Washington...North Central Washington...Northeast Washington and Southeast Washington. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY No hazardous weather is expected at this time.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 12:20 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | OTX | Okanogan | 4 days |
Nearby
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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.