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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE, WA
946 AM PST WED NOV 12 2008
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
STEHEKIN RIVER AT STEHEKIN AFFECTING CHELAN COUNTY
HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TODAY ALONG THE EAST SLOPES
OF THE NORTH CASCADES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS
EXPECTED TO FALL TODAY OVER MOST OF THE STEHEKIN RIVER BASIN WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS JUST WEST OF THE CASCADE CREST. THIS WILL
LEAD TO CONTINUED RISES THE STEHEKIN RIVER AS WELL AS MANY OF THE
SURROUNDING RIVERS AND STREAMS OF CHELAN AND WESTERN OKANOGAN
COUNTIES.
NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED
AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE TO DEEP TO ALLOW FOR SAFE PASSAGE.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT:
HTTP://AHPS2.WRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=OTX
WAC007-130546-
/O.NEW.KOTX.FL.W.0018.081113T0400Z-081113T1323Z/
/STHW1.1.ER.081113T0400Z.081113T0600Z.081113T0723Z.NO/
946 AM PST WED NOV 12 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE, WA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE STEHEKIN RIVER AT STEHEKIN.
* FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
* AT 08:30 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.4 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST WITH A CREST AROUND 24.1 FEET
LATE TONIGHT.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.
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