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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Spokane, WA

May 4, 2018Ferry County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at May 4, 2018, 10:49 AM PDT for Ferry County, Washington. It took effect at May 5, 2018, 10:27 AM PDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 4, 2018, 10:49 AM PDT (17:49 UTC)
In effect from
May 5, 2018, 10:27 AM PDT
Expired
May 5, 2018, 1:15 PM PDT
In force
3 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 17:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Kettle River near Ferry (FRYW1). The gauge peaked at 19.19 ft at May 6, 2018, 1:00 PM PDT.

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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 4, 4:30 AM PDT, 6 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 4:30 AM PDT, 6 hours 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 6:04 AM PDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Spokane WA
604 AM PDT Fri May 4 2018

IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-051315-
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-
604 AM PDT Fri May 4 2018

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...TONIGHT

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

Warm weather through the middle of next week will cause rises on
area rivers and streams due to snowmelt in the mountains. Rivers
will be very cold with swift currents.

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Washington, 2018Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.