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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Spokane, WA

March 13, 2026Whitman County, Washington; Latah County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood warning at Mar 13, 2026, 3:27 AM PDT for Whitman County, Washington; Latah County, Idaho. It took effect at Mar 13, 2026, 6:36 AM PDT. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 2026, 3:27 AM PDT (10:27 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 13, 2026, 6:36 AM PDT
Expired: Mar 14, 2026, 10:03 PM PDT
In force: 39 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 10:28 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 Mar 13, 1:37 AM PDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 1:37 AM PDT, 1 hour 50 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
Mar 13, 9:51 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	OTX	Whitman	50 hr
Mar 13, 1:50 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Asotin, Garfield, Whitman	10 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Washington, 2026 River Flood Warnings in Idaho, 2026 Every river flood warning in 2026

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.