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River Flood Watch 8, NWS Spokane, WA

May 9, 2018Pend Oreille County, Washington; Bonner County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at May 9, 2018, 8:06 AM PDT for Pend Oreille County, Washington; Bonner County, Idaho. It took effect at May 11, 2018, 11:56 PM PDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 2018, 8:06 AM PDT (15:06 UTC)
In effect from: May 11, 2018, 11:56 PM PDT
Expired: May 10, 2018, 11:31 AM PDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Flood severity: None

Counties Bonner County, ID, Pend Oreille County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pend Oreille River below Albeni Falls Dam (ALFW1).

Action stage: 85000 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 9, 4:53 AM PDT, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 4:53 AM PDT, 3 hours 13 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 8, 8:45 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Asotin, Garfield	75 min
May 9, 4:28 PM PDT	Areal Flood Warning	OTX	Okanogan	70 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Washington, 2018 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.