Alert archive / Washington / River Flood Watches in 2020
River Flood Watch 2, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood watch at May 12, 2020, 12:12 PM PDT for Douglas County, Okanogan County, Washington. It took effect at May 12, 2020, 4:37 PM PDT. It was in force for 43 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2020, 12:12 PM PDT (19:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 12, 2020, 4:37 PM PDT
- Expired
- May 14, 2020, 11:41 AM PDT
- In force
- 43 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Douglas County, WA, Okanogan County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Okanogan River near Tonasket (TONW1). The gauge peaked at 14.77 ft at May 15, 2020, 6:00 AM PDT.
- Action stage
- 14 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 17 ft
- Major stage
- 18 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12445000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
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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.