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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Spokane, WA

March 14, 2026Whitman County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this river flood warning at Mar 14, 2026, 12:24 AM PDT for Whitman County, Washington. It took effect at Mar 14, 2026, 1:06 AM PDT. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 2026, 12:24 AM PDT (07:24 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 14, 2026, 1:06 AM PDT
Expired
Mar 15, 2026, 6:00 AM PDT
In force
29 hr
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Whitman County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 South Fork Palouse River at Pullman (PULW1). The gauge peaked at 8.82 ft at Mar 14, 2026, 7:00 AM PDT.

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Action stage
5.5 ft
Minor stage
7 ft
Moderate stage
8 ft
Major stage
9 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 13348000, 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, 10:37 PM PDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 10:37 PM PDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 13, 10:57 PM PDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report...Summary
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1057 PM PDT Fri Mar 13 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0908 PM     Flood            1 W Moscow              46.73N 117.02W
03/13/2026                   Latah              ID   Public

            Soccer fields on west side of Guy Wicks
            Field flooded.

1030 PM     Flood            Moscow                  46.72N 117.00W
03/13/2026                   Latah              ID   Public

            Facebook photo of Berman Creekside Park
            flooded.

&&
Local storm report, Mar 13, 11:04 PM PDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1104 PM PDT Fri Mar 13 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0903 PM     Flood            2 NE Moscow             46.74N 116.97W
03/13/2026                   Latah              ID   Public

            Mountain View Rd on the SE side of the
            roundabout is closed. The road is completely
            submerged.

&&

DB
Local storm report, Mar 13, 11:25 PM PDT, 59 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1125 PM PDT Fri Mar 13 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1125 PM     Snow             1 WSW Blanchard         48.01N 117.00W
03/13/2026  M6.5 Inch        Bonner             ID   Trained Spotter

&&

DB
Local storm report, Mar 13, 11:26 PM PDT, 58 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1126 PM PDT Fri Mar 13 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 PM     Snow             2 SSW Leavenworth       47.57N 120.68W
03/13/2026  M14.0 Inch       Chelan             WA   Trained Spotter

            1.52 inch SWE.

&&

DB
Local storm report, Mar 13, 11:44 PM PDT, 40 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1144 PM PDT Fri Mar 13 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0940 AM     Flood            3 NW Lapwai             46.45N 116.85W
03/13/2026                   Nez Perce          ID   Law Enforcement

            Rock slide closed US-12 at MP 15 per Nez
            Perce County Sheriff and ITD.

&&

DB
Local storm report, Mar 14, 12:10 AM PDT, 14 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1210 AM PDT Sat Mar 14 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1140 PM     Flood            1 NNW Moscow            46.74N 117.00W
03/13/2026                   Latah              ID   Public

            Standing water across US-95.

&&

DB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 12:17 AM PDTAreal Flood WarningOTXAsotin, Garfield, Whitman13 hr
Mar 14, 1:19 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOTXAsotin, Garfield, Whitman23 hr
Mar 14, 4:42 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXSpokane33 min

Nearby

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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.