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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Spokane, WA

December 10, 2025Kootenai County, Shoshone County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood warning at Dec 10, 2025, 3:32 PM PST for Kootenai County, Shoshone County, Idaho. It took effect at Dec 11, 2025, 6:46 AM PST. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 10, 2025, 3:32 PM PST (23:32 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 11, 2025, 6:46 AM PST
Expired: Dec 13, 2025, 4:02 AM PST
In force: 45 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Kootenai County, ID, Shoshone County, ID

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Coeur d'Alene River at Cataldo (CTLI1). The gauge peaked at 46.22 ft at Dec 12, 2025, 2:00 AM PST.

Action stage: 42 ft
Minor stage: 43 ft
Moderate stage: 46 ft
Major stage: 50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12413500, 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 Dec 10, 2:58 PM PST, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 2:58 PM PST, 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 10, 2:45 PM PST, 47 minutes before

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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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        Please try again in a few minutes.
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        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 9, 4:24 PM PST	River Flood Watch	OTX	Chelan	16 hr
Dec 9, 4:24 PM PST	River Flood Watch	OTX	Chelan	16 hr
Dec 9, 4:24 PM PST	River Flood Watch	OTX	Chelan	16 hr
Dec 10, 7:55 AM PST	River Flood Warning	OTX	Chelan	3 days
Dec 10, 7:58 AM PST	River Flood Warning	OTX	Chelan	7 hr
Dec 10, 8:00 AM PST	River Flood Warning	OTX	Chelan	45 hr
Dec 10, 2:28 PM PST	Areal Flood Warning	OTX	Chelan, Okanogan	51 hr

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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.