5 feet as the month of June began. 3 feet on May 31.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS OTX wrote it up.
The Saint Joe River at Saint Maries was already above its flood stage of 32.5 feet as the month of June began. The river had already crested at 34.3 feet on May 31. The river fell below its flood stage of 32.5 feet on June 7. This was considered a minor lowland flood with no structural damage.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at May 31, 7:45 PM PST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WASHINGTON
845 PM PDT FRI MAY 31 2002
NOTHING SHOWING UP ON RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURE SHOWS SOME HIGH
STREAKS OF CIRRUS. GENERALLY BENIGN WEATHER ACROSS THE CWA. THE ONLY
ITEM OF INTEREST SEEMS TO BE THE RIVERS. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TO
PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT WITH SOME INCREASING CLOUDS SATURDAY WITH THE
WAVE OFF THE OREGON COAST MOVING EASTWARD. NEW ETA SHOWS THINGS TO
REMAIN DRY ON SATURDAY. HOWEVER ONLY HAVE THE ONE PROG TO LOOK AT SO
WILL NOT CHANGE ANY FORECASTS AND LEAVE ANY POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE
MID SHIFT. STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF FLOOD WARNINGS AND HAVE JUST ISSUED
A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE OKANOGAN RIVER.
...THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRODUCT CONCERNING WARNINGS AND FORECASTS
IS VALID ONLY AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE. THE LATEST WARNING AND
FORECAST INFORMATION WILL BE FOUND IN THE APPROPRIATE PRODUCTS...
GEG 048/076/050/074/050/071 022121
COE 046/075/048/074/048/070 022121
PUW 045/075/046/071/046/070 022121
LWS 054/080/054/076/052/076 122132
CQV 045/083/046/080/049/072 033333
SPT 046/075/047/072/046/068 033333
WWP 046/073/047/071/045/066 143333
EAT 051/082/054/078/053/072 000000
MWH 048/082/050/080/050/077 000000
.OTX...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ST JOE RIVER IN BENEWAH AND
SHOSHONE COUNTIES IN NORTH IDAHO.
...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE SIMILKAMEEN RIVER IN OKANOGAN
COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON.
...FLOOD WATCH FOR THE OKANOGAN RIVER IN OKANOGAN COUNTY IN NORTH
CENTRAL WASHINGTON...The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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