NWS Spokane WAFF.W 0007August 12, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Okanogan, WA
The National Weather Service office in Spokane issued a flash flood warning for Okanogan in Washington, which was in force until 6:30 p.m. local time on August 12. It was the 7th flash flood warning the NWS office in Spokane issued in 2026. Washington had 4 flash flood warnings in August 2026, against 3 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Washington's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 2.7 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Spokane WA
- Area
- Okanogan
- State
- Washington
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:47 p.m. PDT, August 12, 2026
- Expires
- 6:30 p.m. PDT, August 12, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KOTX FF.W 0007
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
FFWOTX The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... The Cedar Creek Burn Scar in... West Central Okanogan County in north central Washington... * Until 630 PM PDT. * At 347 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain over the Cedar Creek Burn Scar. Rain amounts between 0.30 to 0.50 inches has been estimated over the past hour and additional 0.25 to 0.75 inches is possible in the next few hours, as additional precipitation moves over the region. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. Excessive rainfall over the warning area will cause mud slides near steep terrain. The mud slide can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose materials. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms in and around the burn scar. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flooding of areas in and around the burn scar. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Rural areas of West Central Okanogan County and areas south of Mazama near State Route 20.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.