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FGUS76 KOTX 132159 CCA  
ESFOTX  
IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>033-036>038-041>043-142200-  
 
HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK...CORRECTED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA  
250 PM PDT TUE MAY 13 2008  
   
..SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS WEEK  
 
UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH ABOVE NORMAL MOUNTAIN  
SNOWPACK ARE FORECAST TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RISES ON MANY RIVERS  
THROUGHOUT THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THE BIGGEST RISES ARE EXPECTED TO  
OCCUR IN NORTH IDAHO....ESPECIALLY ON THE COEUR D'ALENE...ST  
JOE...AND MOYIE RIVERS.  
 
THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN BOTH THE MAGNITUDE AND THE  
DURATION OF THE WARM WEATHER EPISODE. AS A RESULT...RIVER  
FORECASTS WILL LIKELY BE CHANGED SOME THIS WEEK BASED ON THE  
LATEST DATA AND WEATHER TRENDS. FLOOD WATCHES OR WARNINGS MAY BE  
REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA BY THIS WEEKEND. IT IS IMPORTANT TO  
MONITOR DAILY WEATHER AND RIVER FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE OR THE LOCAL MEDIA  
 
MONITOR CURRENT RIVER LEVELS AND FORECASTS AT:  
 
HTTP://AHPS2.WRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=OTX /ALL LOWER CASE/  
 
 
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