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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Spokane, WA

May 4, 2023Benewah County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood warning at May 4, 2023, 9:42 PM PDT for Benewah County, Idaho. It took effect at May 5, 2023, 3:24 PM PDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 4, 2023, 9:42 PM PDT (04:42 UTC)
In effect from: May 5, 2023, 3:24 PM PDT
Expired: May 10, 2023, 11:58 AM PDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Benewah County, ID

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point St Joe River at St Maries (SJMI1).

Action stage: 31 ft
Minor stage: 32.5 ft
Moderate stage: 36 ft
Major stage: 38 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12415070, 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 4, 3:25 PM PDT, 6 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 3:25 PM PDT, 6 hours 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 4, 7:09 PM PDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 7:25 PM PDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 4, 7:25 PM PDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 4, 7:29 PM PDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 4, 7:38 PM PDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 8:25 PM PDT, 1 hour 17 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 4, 5:45 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	45 min
May 4, 5:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	37 min
May 4, 6:13 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	32 min
May 4, 6:42 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	33 min
May 4, 7:09 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	36 min
May 4, 7:25 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	35 min
May 4, 7:38 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Okanogan	37 min
May 5, 12:40 AM PDT	Areal Flood Warning	OTX	Chelan	24 hr
May 5, 6:23 AM PDT	River Flood Watch	OTX	Okanogan	65 hr
May 5, 10:13 AM PDT	Areal Flood Warning	OTX	Okanogan	27 hr
May 5, 12:44 PM PDT	River Flood Warning	OTX	Okanogan	33 hr
May 4, 5:00 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Shoshone	45 min
May 4, 5:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Bonner	42 min
May 4, 5:36 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Nez Perce	24 min
May 4, 5:40 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Shoshone	35 min
May 4, 6:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Lewis	27 min
May 4, 6:33 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Nez Perce	27 min
May 4, 6:41 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Benewah	49 min
May 4, 6:54 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Latah	51 min
May 4, 7:29 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Latah	31 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.