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FGUS86 KOTX 220408  
RVSOTX  
IDC057-WAC063-075-221130-  
 
HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA  
752 PM PST FRI FEB 21 2025  
 
RISES IN CREEKS AND RIVERS ACROSS THE PALOUSE AND LATAH CREEK ALONG  
THE SPOKANE RIVER SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.  
 
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (10 PM  
PST)  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON  
 
PALOUSE RIVER  
POTLATCH 15.0 5.9 FRI 6 PM PST 6.7 12.0 13.0  
 
LITTLE SPOKANE RIVER  
DARTFORD 6.5 2.9 FRI 6 PM PST 3.0 4.9 5.3  
 
HANGMAN/LATAH CREEK  
 
SPOKANE 11.0 1.8 FRI 6 PM PST 4.0 8.8 8.4  
 
SOUTH FORK PALOUSE RIVER  
 
PULLMAN 7.0 2.0 FRI 6 PM PST 1.8 5.9 5.2  
 
A COMBINATION OF RAIN AND SNOWMELT WILL LEAD TO RISES IN CREEKS AND  
STREAMS ALONG THE PALOUSE AND LATAH CREEK ALONG THE SPOKANE RIVER.  
FOR THE PALOUSE RIVER AT POTLATCH, FLOWS WILL RISE ABOVE ACTION  
STAGE (14 FEET) ON THE 24TH, WITH THE MAXIMUM CREST EXPECTED TO BE  
AT 14.8 FEET VERY EARLY MONDAY (FEB 24) MORNING, AND RECEDE BACK  
DOWN BELOW ACTION STAGE BY THE END OF THE DAY. FOR THE SOUTH FORK  
PALOUSE RIVER AT PULLMAN, FLOWS WILL REACH ACTION STAGE (5.5 FEET)  
BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT, CRESTING AT 6.08 FEET EARLY MONDAY (FEB 24)  
MORNING, BEFORE DROPPING BACK DOWN BELOW ACTION STAGE BY THE END OF  
THE DAY. FOR THE LITTLE SPOKANE RIVER AT DARTFORD, FLOWS WILL RISE  
JUST BARELY BELOW ACTION STAGE (5.5 FEET) TUESDAY (FEB 23) MORNING,  
CRESTING AT 5.41 FEET DURING THAT SAME TIME, BEFORE RECEDING BACK  
DOWN BELOW ACTION STAGE BY THE END OF THE DAY. FOR THE HANGMAN/LATAH  
CREEK AT SPOKANE, FLOWS WILL RISE TO 9.5 FEET ON MONDAY (FEB 24TH),  
ABOUT A HALF FOOT SHY OF ACTION STAGE (10 FEET), RECEDING BACK DOWN  
TO BELOW 9 FEET BY THE END OF THE DAY. *MONITOR RIVER LEVELS,  
IMPACTS AT THESE LEVELS, AND FORECASTS AT WATER.NOAA.GOV/WFO/OTX.  
 
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