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Flood Watch 9, NWS Spokane, WA

June 27, 2023Chelan County, Okanogan County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this flood watch at Jun 27, 2023, 1:50 AM PDT for Chelan County, Okanogan County, Washington. It took effect at Jun 27, 2023, 1:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 27, 2023, 1:50 AM PDT (08:50 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 27, 2023, 1:00 PM PDT
Expired: Jun 27, 2023, 9:00 PM PDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Flood severity: None

Counties Chelan County, WA, Okanogan County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at Jun 26, 9:42 PM PDT, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 9:42 PM PDT, 4 hours 8 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 26, 5:33 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Grant	27 min
Jun 26, 7:46 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Chelan, Douglas, Grant	60 min
Jun 27, 11:57 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Ferry	2 hr
Jun 27, 12:35 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	25 min
Jun 27, 12:38 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	37 min
Jun 27, 12:45 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Okanogan	3 hr
Jun 27, 1:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX		27 min
Jun 27, 1:13 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	32 min
Jun 27, 1:17 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	28 min
Jun 27, 1:33 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	OTX	Okanogan	3 hr
Jun 27, 1:52 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	23 min
Jun 27, 1:54 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	36 min
Jun 27, 2:14 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	31 min
Jun 27, 2:23 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Okanogan	37 min
Jun 27, 2:25 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	35 min
Jun 27, 2:35 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	25 min
Jun 27, 2:58 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Okanogan	2 hr
Jun 27, 3:02 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	43 min
Jun 27, 3:12 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	33 min
Jun 27, 3:30 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	30 min
Jun 27, 3:36 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	24 min
Jun 27, 3:56 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Douglas	34 min
Jun 27, 4:04 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	26 min
Jun 27, 4:17 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Okanogan	3 hr
Jun 27, 4:21 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Chelan	24 min
Jun 27, 4:22 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	23 min
Jun 27, 4:48 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	27 min
Jun 27, 4:50 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Douglas	25 min
Jun 27, 4:55 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	35 min
Jun 27, 12:59 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Shoshone	31 min
Jun 27, 1:37 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Shoshone	38 min
Jun 27, 1:41 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Shoshone	34 min
Jun 27, 2:12 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Benewah	33 min
Jun 27, 3:07 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Shoshone	23 min
Jun 27, 3:16 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Kootenai	29 min
Jun 27, 3:22 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Bonner	23 min
Jun 27, 3:55 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Kootenai	35 min
Jun 27, 4:26 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Kootenai	34 min
Jun 27, 4:28 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Kootenai	32 min

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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.