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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Spokane, WA

June 13, 2022Whitman County, Washington; Latah County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood warning at Jun 13, 2022, 11:42 AM PDT for Whitman County, Washington; Latah County, Idaho. It took effect at Jun 13, 2022, 4:14 PM PDT. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 2022, 11:42 AM PDT (18:42 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 13, 2022, 4:14 PM PDT
Expired: Jun 15, 2022, 10:36 AM PDT
In force: 42 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Latah County, ID, Whitman County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Palouse River near Potlatch (PLOI1). The gauge peaked at 18.87 ft at Jun 14, 2022, 11:00 AM PDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 13345000, 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 warning 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 warning went out at Jun 13, 11:19 AM PDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 11:19 AM PDT, 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 4:14 AM PDT, 7 hours 28 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Spokane WA
414 AM PDT Mon Jun 13 2022

IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041-043-044-047>049-141115-
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-
Okanogan Valley-Waterville Plateau-Central Chelan County-
Western Chelan County-Western Okanogan County-
414 AM PDT Mon Jun 13 2022

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...TODAY AND TONIGHT

No hazardous weather is expected at this time other than another
round of widespread rain with localized flooding possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

Please refer to our Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook at
https://weather.gov/erh/ghwo?wfo=otx for the latest information
on potential weather hazards in the region.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 10:05 AM PDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1005 AM PDT MON JUN 13 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1003 AM     HEAVY RAIN       6 N SPIRIT LAKE         48.05N 116.85W
06/13/2022  M1.02 INCH       BONNER             ID   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED AN INCH OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT.

&&

KM

Local storm report, Jun 13, 11:35 AM PDT, 7 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
Jun 12, 6:02 PM PDT	Areal Flood Warning	OTX	Asotin	18 hr
Jun 12, 11:40 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Spokane	3 hr
Jun 13, 11:00 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	OTX	Pend Oreille	4 days
Jun 13, 11:57 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Spokane, Whitman	28 hr
Jun 13, 12:30 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Ferry, Pend Oreille, Stevens	28 hr
Jun 12, 6:44 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	OTX	Lewis, Nez Perce	3 hr
Jun 12, 8:10 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	OTX	Nez Perce	3 hr
Jun 12, 11:26 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Kootenai	4 hr
Jun 13, 11:46 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Benewah, Latah, Nez Perce, Shoshone	28 hr
Jun 13, 4:08 PM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai	19 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2022 River Flood Warnings in Idaho, 2022 Every river flood warning in 2022

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.