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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE, WA
1101 PM PDT MON MAY 13 2013
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS AND LAKES IN IDAHO...
MOYIE RIVER AT EASTPORT AFFECTING BOUNDARY COUNTY
...ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FROM LAST WEEK AND RECENT RAINFALL OVER
THE LAST 24 HOURS HAVE CAUSED INCREASED MOUNTAIN SNOW MELT AND RUNOFF
INTO THE MOYIE RIVER. WITH CONSIDERABLE SNOWPACK STILL IN THE
MOUNTAIN...INCREASED RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT:
HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=OTX
THE SPRING SNOW MELT RUNOFF IN LAKES AND RIVERS IS DANGEROUSLY COLD
AND CAN BE LIFE THREATENING FOR THOSE THAT COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE
WATER. TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS.
BE AWARE OF LARGE DEBRIS IN THE RIVER. HIGH WATER LEVELS CAN PUSH
LOGS AND OTHER LARGE DEBRIS INTO THE RIVER...INCREASING THE DANGER TO
PEOPLE AND BOATS.
NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED
AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW FOR SAFE PASSAGE.AS LITTLE
AS ONE FOOT OF WATER ON THE ROAD CAN MOVE MOST VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD.
IDC021-141801-
/O.NEW.KOTX.FL.W.0004.130514T0708Z-130516T1148Z/
/EASI1.1.RS.130514T0708Z.130514T1800Z.130516T0000Z.NR/
1101 PM PDT MON MAY 13 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE, WA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE MOYIE RIVER AT EASTPORT.
* UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* AT 9:45 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.88 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.00 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY MIDNIGHT TUESDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 9.4 FEET BY TUESDAY LATE MORNING. THE
RIVER IS FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
LAT...LON 4902 11627 4901 11609 4871 11610 4872 11622 4902 11627
* AT 10.0 FEET...SEVERAL HOMES ARE FLOODED ON U.S. 95 SOUTH OF
EASTPORT. FLOODING OCCURS ON PORTIONS OF MEADOW CREEK ROAD BETWEEN
EASTPORT AND MEADOW CREEK.
* AT 9.9 FEET...WATER ENTERS BASEMENTS OF GOVERNMENT HOUSING ON U.S.
95...JUST SOUTH OF THE CANADIAN BORDER.
* AT 9.0 FEET...LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS BETWEEN EASTPORT AND ADDIE.
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