Alert archive / Washington / River Flood Watches in 2017
River Flood Watch 23, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at May 28, 2017, 2:22 PM PDT for Okanogan County, Washington. It took effect at May 30, 2017, 12:12 PM PDT. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2017, 2:22 PM PDT (21:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 30, 2017, 12:12 PM PDT
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2017, 12:42 AM PDT
- In force
- 5 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 21:24 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 Methow River near Pateros (PATW1). The gauge peaked at 10.36 ft at May 31, 2017, 5:00 PM PDT.
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 11 ft
- Major stage
- 12 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12449950, 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 28, 2:19 PM PDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:19 PM PDT, 3 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 5:00 AM PDT, 9 hours 22 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Spokane WA 500 AM PDT Sun May 28 2017 IDZ002>004-026-027-WAZ031>036-041-044-291230- 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-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 500 AM PDT Sun May 28 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A cold front moves in around Tuesday night to Wednesday, with additional disturbances behind it through the end of the week. This will increase the chance of showers and thunderstorms across the region. The best threat for stronger thunderstorms comes Wednesday. Confidence in precise coverage and intensity of thunderstorms is low, but any stronger thunderstorms could produce locally heavy downpours, gusty winds and hail. IDZ001-WAZ037-038-042-043-291230- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- 500 AM PDT Sun May 28 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North Idaho... North Central Washington and Northeast Washington. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT The probability of widespread hazardous weather is low. Warming temperatures will result in increased snowmelt, with continued or additional rises on area rivers and streams. Localized mainstem river flooding is possible near the Cascades. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY Warm temperatures will result in increased snowmelt, with continued or additional rises on area rivers and streams. Localized mainstem river flooding is possible. A cold front moves in around Tuesday night to Wednesday, with additional disturbances behind it through the end of the week. This will increase the chance of showers and thunderstorms across the region. The best threat for stronger thunderstorms comes between Tuesday night into Wednesday, starting in the Cascades. Confidence in precise coverage and intensity of thunderstorms is low, but any stronger thunderstorms could produce locally heavy downpours, gusty winds and hail.
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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.