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WGUS46 KOTX 091801
FLWOTX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1101 AM PDT THU APR 9 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE WA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
STEHEKIN RIVER AT STEHEKIN AFFECTING CHELAN COUNTY.
.WARM TEMPERATURES WILL MELT SNOWPACK AND INCREASE RIVER FLOWS.
FOR THE STEHEKIN RIVER...INCLUDING STEHEKIN...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 1115 PM PDT.
WAC007-100615-
/O.NEW.KOTX.FL.W.0006.260410T0500Z-260414T1700Z/
/STHW1.1.SM.260410T1518Z.260412T1800Z.260414T0509Z.NO/
1101 AM PDT THU APR 9 2026
...FLOOD WARNING FOR SNOWMELT IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE
TUESDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...STEHEKIN RIVER AT STEHEKIN.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.5 FEET, WATER INUNDATES SOME PROPERTIES AND
OVERTOPS THE TEMPORARY CORDUROY BRIDGE. COMPANY CREEK ROAD
INUNDATED AT NORTHERN END. BATTALION CREEK COLVERTS ARE BEGINNING
TO BE OVERTOPPED. WATER BEGINS DAMAGING WOOD ROAD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:30 AM PDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 19.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE GAUGE FOR STEHEKIN RIVER INDICATES THAT IT IS
JUST BELOW MINOR FLOOD STAGE. BY EARLY TOMORROW MORNING,
FRIDAY, APRIL 10, IT WILL RISE ABOVE MINOR FLOOD STAGE AND
REMAIN THERE THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 17. IT IS
PROJECTED TO CREST AT 20.8 FEET MIDDAY SUNDAY, APRIL 12.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
22.5 FEET ON 05/12/2019.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4849 12076 4832 12057 4825 12067 4831 12101
4848 12103
AS
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