Upper Columbia Basin

Statement as of 3:03 PM PDT on May 23, 2013

Flood Watch


The Flood Watch continues for
the Okanogan river near Tonasket
* from Saturday afternoon to Wednesday afternoon.
* At 2:15 PM Thursday the stage was 14.27 feet.
* Minor flooding is possible.
* Flood stage is 15.00 feet.
* Forecast... flood stage may be reached by Saturday early afternoon.


Lat... Lon 4895 11945 4893 11932 4825 11951 4832 11968 4895 11945


* at 15.0 feet... minor flooding of low-lying areas is likely between
Oroville and Tonasket.





Record Report

Statement as of 1:58 PM EDT on May 23, 2013

record report
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1100am PDT Thursday may 23 2013

... A record breaking cold and wet day across the inland
northwest...

A strong low pressure system delivered unusally cold and
wet weather to the inland northwest on may 22nd with the chilly
conditions lingering into the morning of the 23rd. The following is
a list of all the records which were set. This list will be updated
through the day.


... Record low high temperatures for Wednesday may 22nd...


Location Max temp old record (records since)
Winthrop WA (coop)* 49 54 (1944) 1906
Lind WA (coop)* 53 57 (1986) 1931
Grand Coulee dam (coop)* 48 54 (1996) 1934
chief Joseph dam 53 57 (1996) 1949
Priest Rapids dam 56 61 (1964) 1956
Omak 50 57 (2002) 1931
Mullan Pass 33 34 (1944) 1938
Moses Lake 56 56 (1960) 1947
St maries# 50 52 (1989) 1897
potlatch# 50 51 (1980) 1915
bayview# 47 47 (1996) 1947
conconully# 45 48 (1996) 1894
sandpoint# 41 44 (1944) 1910
pomeroy# 51 51 (1964) 1891
northport# 46 49 (1905) 1899
boundary dam# 44 49 (2002) 1965
ephrata# 54 59 (1960) 1949
Cabinet gorge# 46 46 (2002) 1956
plummer# 46 49 (1998) 1948
stehekin# 50 52 (1944) 1906


* these coop stations report a maximum temperature in the afternoon
and may not have captured the true high temperature for the day.
# New reports

... Record low temperatures for Thursday may 23rd...

Location low temp old record (records since)
pomeroy# 28 29 (1944) 1891
boundary dam# 32 33 (1978) 1965
northport# 46 49 (1905) 1899
plummer# 29 31 (1997) 1948

... Record precipitation for the 24hrs between may 22-23... .

Location precip (in) old record (records since)
porthill# 1.50 1.00 (1998) 1892
boundary dam# 1.51 0.65 (2002) 1965
priest river# 1.41 1.30 (1932) 1898


Local Storm Report


05/22/2013 0554 PM

1 miles ENE of Metaline, Pend Oreille County.

Heavy rain u2.50 inch, reported by trained spotter.


            Storm total rainfall over the past 26 hours. Still
            raining lightly at time of report. Snow accumulations
            reported above 4000 feet.




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