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Flood Watch 2, NWS Spokane, WA

July 20, 2025Chelan County, Okanogan County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this flood watch at Jul 20, 2025, 10:55 AM PDT for Chelan County, Okanogan County, Washington. It took effect at Jul 21, 2025, 12:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 2025, 10:55 AM PDT (17:55 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 21, 2025, 12:00 PM PDT
Expired
Jul 21, 2025, 8:18 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 17:58 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 Jul 20, 10:29 AM PDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 10:29 AM PDT, 26 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 3:24 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXFerry36 min

Nearby

Flood Watches in Washington, 2025Every flood watch in 2025

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.