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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Spokane, WA

July 31, 20254 counties in Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this flash flood watch at Jul 31, 2025, 5:33 AM PDT for 4 counties in Washington. It took effect at Jul 31, 2025, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 31, 2025, 5:33 AM PDT (12:33 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 31, 2025, 12:00 PM PDT
Expired: Jul 31, 2025, 6:55 PM PDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Flood severity: None

Counties Chelan County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Stevens County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:35 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 flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Jul 31, 5:05 AM PDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 5:05 AM PDT, 28 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
Jul 30, 6:48 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	42 min
Jul 30, 8:17 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	58 min
Jul 31, 1:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Okanogan	37 min
Jul 31, 2:37 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	23 min
Jul 31, 3:01 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Okanogan	2 hr
Jul 31, 3:08 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	37 min
Jul 31, 4:00 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	30 min
Jul 31, 4:06 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	24 min
Jul 31, 4:50 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	25 min
Jul 31, 1:47 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Shoshone	28 min
Jul 31, 2:15 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Kootenai	30 min
Jul 31, 2:24 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Kootenai, Shoshone	23 min
Jul 31, 2:46 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Kootenai	29 min
Jul 31, 2:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Shoshone	37 min
Jul 31, 3:20 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Kootenai	25 min
Jul 31, 3:41 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Kootenai	34 min
Jul 31, 4:12 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Kootenai	67 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.