Alert archive / Washington / River Flood Watches in 2018
River Flood Watch 2, NWS Spokane, WA
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.
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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 Kettle River near Ferry (FRYW1). The gauge peaked at 19.19 ft at May 6, 2018, 1:00 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 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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</html>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.
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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.