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Flood Watch 1, NWS Spokane, WA

March 20, 20185 counties in Washington; Bonner County, Boundary County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this flood watch at Mar 20, 2018, 2:42 PM PDT for 5 counties in Washington; Bonner County, Boundary County, Idaho. It took effect at Mar 21, 2018, 8:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 20, 2018, 2:42 PM PDT (21:42 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 21, 2018, 8:00 PM PDT
Expired: Mar 22, 2018, 11:02 AM PDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Flood severity: None

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

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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 Mar 19, 4:47 PM PDT, 21 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 4:47 PM PDT, 21 hours 55 minutes before

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Nearby

Flood Watches in Washington, 2018 Flood Watches in Idaho, 2018 Every flood watch in 2018

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.