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River Flood Watch 4, NWS Spokane, WA

May 6, 2018Kootenai County, Shoshone County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at May 6, 2018, 8:14 PM PDT for Kootenai County, Shoshone County, Idaho. It took effect at May 7, 2018, 4:12 PM PDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2018, 8:14 PM PDT (03:14 UTC)
In effect from: May 7, 2018, 4:12 PM PDT
Expired: May 8, 2018, 8:21 AM PDT
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Kootenai County, ID, Shoshone County, ID

The river

Written for the forecast point Coeur d'Alene River at Cataldo (CTLI1).

Action stage: 42 ft
Minor stage: 43 ft
Moderate stage: 46 ft
Major stage: 50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12413500, 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 6, 2:05 PM PDT, 6 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 2:05 PM PDT, 6 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 6:22 AM PDT, 13 hours 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 6, 4:26 PM PDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 6, 5:16 PM PDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 6, 6:16 PM PDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 11:20 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	OTX	Ferry	13 days
May 7, 4:41 PM PDT	River Flood Watch	OTX	Chelan, Okanogan	6 days
May 6, 5:16 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Shoshone	59 min
May 6, 6:16 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Shoshone	44 min
May 6, 8:02 PM PDT	Areal Flood Warning	OTX	Boundary	15 hr
May 6, 8:14 PM PDT	River Flood Watch	OTX	Shoshone	10 hr
May 6, 8:14 PM PDT	River Flood Watch	OTX	Benewah	24 hr
May 7, 6:33 AM PDT	Areal Flood Warning	OTX	Shoshone	5 hr
May 7, 10:27 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	OTX	Benewah	6 days
May 7, 11:00 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	OTX	Kootenai, Shoshone	14 hr
May 7, 11:20 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	OTX	Boundary	5 days
May 7, 11:20 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	OTX	Shoshone	13 hr

Nearby

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