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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Spokane, WA

May 3, 2023Chelan County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood warning at May 3, 2023, 6:08 PM PDT for Chelan County, Washington. It was in force for 62 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 2023, 6:08 PM PDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2023, 7:55 AM PDT
In force
62 hr
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Chelan County, WA

The radar

The Seattle radar (KATX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Stehekin River at Stehekin (STHW1).

Action stage
19.5 ft
Minor stage
20.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12451000, 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 May 3, 3:34 PM PDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 3:34 PM PDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 6:08 PM PDTRiver Flood WarningOTXFerry5 days
May 3, 8:51 PM PDTFlood WatchOTXAsotin, Chelan, Ferry, Garfield, Okanogan, Pend Oreille and 2 more3 days
May 4, 4:31 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXStevens29 min
May 4, 2:27 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXKootenai33 min
May 4, 2:48 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXKootenai42 min
May 4, 4:04 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXBonner41 min
May 4, 4:59 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXNez Perce31 min

Nearby

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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.