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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Spokane, WA

May 20, 2023Ferry County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood warning at May 20, 2023, 12:12 AM PDT for Ferry County, Washington. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2023, 12:12 AM PDT (07:12 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2023, 5:34 AM PDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Ferry County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:13 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 Kettle River near Ferry (FRYW1). The gauge peaked at 18.94 ft at May 21, 2023, 8:00 PM PDT.

Action stage: 17.5 ft
Minor stage: 18.5 ft
Moderate stage: 19.5 ft
Major stage: 20.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12401500, 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 19, 10:10 PM PDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 10:10 PM PDT, 2 hours 2 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 20, 11:41 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	34 min
May 20, 12:23 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	37 min
May 20, 1:13 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Ferry	2 hr
May 20, 1:18 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	27 min
May 20, 1:44 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	31 min
May 20, 1:51 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Ferry, Okanogan	3 hr
May 20, 1:58 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	32 min
May 20, 2:01 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Ferry	14 min
May 20, 2:04 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Pend Oreille	26 min
May 20, 2:08 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX		37 min
May 20, 2:20 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	25 min
May 20, 2:37 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	23 min
May 20, 2:41 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Pend Oreille	109 min
May 20, 2:46 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	29 min
May 20, 2:56 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	34 min
May 20, 3:19 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	26 min
May 20, 3:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	28 min
May 20, 3:35 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	25 min
May 20, 3:41 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Chelan	34 min
May 20, 4:02 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Chelan	28 min
May 20, 4:05 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	25 min
May 20, 4:20 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	25 min
May 20, 4:26 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	34 min
May 20, 4:28 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	32 min
May 20, 4:37 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Pend Oreille	27 min
May 20, 4:39 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Ferry, Stevens	17 min
May 20, 4:41 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Chelan	34 min
May 20, 4:58 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	32 min
May 20, 3:15 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Boundary	45 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.