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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1212 AM PDT SAT MAY 20 2023
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE WA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
KETTLE RIVER NEAR FERRY ABOVE CURLEW AFFECTING FERRY COUNTY.
FOR THE KETTLE RIVER...INCLUDING FERRY ABOVE CURLEW...MINOR FLOODING
IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 515 PM PDT.
WAC019-210015-
/O.NEW.KOTX.FL.W.0007.230520T0712Z-230524T2041Z/
/FRYW1.1.SM.230520T0245Z.230523T2349Z.230524T0840Z.NO/
1212 AM PDT SAT MAY 20 2023
...FLOOD WARNING FOR SNOWMELT IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO
EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN LIKELY FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEKEND, BEFORE POSSIBLY
RISING ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AGAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK.
* WHERE...KETTLE RIVER NEAR FERRY ABOVE CURLEW.
* WHEN...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 19.0 FEET, FLOODING AT BEAL PARK ON WEST KETTLE RIVER
ROAD, WEST OF CURLEW. 'OL SWIMMING HOLE PARK IN CURLEW WILL BE
INUNDATED. FLOODING OF YARDS AND OUTBUILDINGS ALONG THE RIVER FROM
THE CANADIAN BORDER THROUGH CURLEW ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER.
SOME DRIVEWAYS ON KETTLE RIVER ROAD WILL BE FLOODED. WATER WILL BE
OVER CUSTOMS ROAD NEAR RIVERVIEW LANE AND BETWEEN MILEPOST 5 AND 6.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:15 PM PDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 17.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 11:15 PM PDT FRIDAY WAS 18.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL OSCILLATE NEAR FLOOD STAGE WITH A
MAXIMUM VALUE OF 19.0 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
18.7 FEET ON 05/20/2008.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4900 11888 4900 11818 4868 11810 4886 11880
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