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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Spokane, WA

February 22, 2025Whitman County, Washington; Latah County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood warning at Feb 22, 2025, 8:13 PM PST for Whitman County, Washington; Latah County, Idaho. It took effect at Feb 23, 2025, 5:24 AM PST. It was in force for 50 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 22, 2025, 8:13 PM PST (04:13 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 23, 2025, 5:24 AM PST
Expired
Feb 25, 2025, 7:32 AM PST
In force
50 hr
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Latah County, ID, Whitman County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:15 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 Paradise Creek at HWY8 Near Moscow (PACI1).

Action stage
49.66 ft
Minor stage
50.86 ft
Moderate stage
51.66 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 13346765, 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 Feb 22, 4:11 PM PST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 4:11 PM PST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 11:52 PM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOTXWhitman44 min
Feb 23, 12:10 AM PSTAreal Flood WarningOTXWhitman52 hr
Feb 23, 12:32 AM PSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOTXAsotin, Garfield, Spokane52 hr
Feb 23, 9:05 AM PSTAreal Flood WarningOTXLincoln29 hr
Feb 23, 10:04 AM PSTRiver Flood WarningOTXWhitman42 hr
Feb 23, 2:04 PM PSTWind AdvisoryOTXAsotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Spokane and 1 more13 hr
Feb 23, 2:12 PM PSTWinter Storm WarningOTXChelan50 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2025River Flood Warnings in Idaho, 2025Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.