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River Flood Watch 18, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at May 21, 2017, 10:40 AM PDT for Ferry County, Washington. It took effect at May 23, 2017, 7:01 PM PDT. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 2017, 10:40 AM PDT (17:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 23, 2017, 7:01 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 25, 2017, 12:37 PM PDT
- In force
- 42 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Ferry County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Kettle River near Ferry (FRYW1). The gauge peaked at 19.57 ft at May 24, 2017, 9:00 PM PDT.
- Action stage
- 17.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 18.5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 19.5 ft
- Major stage
- 20.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12401500, 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 21, 4:22 AM PDT, 6 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 21, 4:22 AM PDT, 6 hours 18 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 10:40 AM PDT | River Flood Watch | OTX | Okanogan | 24 hr |
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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.