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WGUS66 KOTX 221046
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
246 AM PST SAT FEB 22 2025
IDC009-017-021-055-057-061-069-079-WAC003-023-063-075-230015-
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/00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BENEWAH-BONNER-BOUNDARY-KOOTENAI-LATAH-LEWIS-NEZ PERCE-SHOSHONE-
ASOTIN-GARFIELD-SPOKANE-WHITMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ST. JOE, KENDRICK, MURRAY, CLARKSTON
HEIGHTS, PULLMAN, SANDPOINT, PECK, LEWISTON, POMEROY, EMIDA,
PRICHARD, COLFAX, DEER PARK, ANATONE, SANTA, TENSED, ATHOL,
GIFFORD, CALDER, LA CROSSE, CLARK FORK, PINEHURST, CHENEY,
OAKESDALE, HAYDEN, WORLEY, ROSALIA, MOYIE SPRINGS, MAYVIEW,
MOSCOW, PORTHILL, CATALDO, AIRWAY HEIGHTS, COEUR D'ALENE, COOLIN,
MOHLER, BAYVIEW, ROCKFORD, NEZPERCE, POST FALLS, KINGSTON,
UNIONTOWN, BONNERS FERRY, PLUMMER, PEOLA, SPOKANE, JULIAETTA,
DODGE, MULLAN, BLANCHARD, MEADOW CREEK, CULDESAC, CRAIGMONT,
KAMIAH, EASTPORT, NAPLES, RATHDRUM, ASOTIN, MEDICAL LAKE,
SMELTERVILLE, ST. MARIES, LAPWAI, CLARKSTON, OSBURN, PRIEST
RIVER, WALLACE, DEARY, WINCHESTER, KELLOGG, GENESEE, LIBERTY
LAKE, CAREYWOOD, AND POTLATCH
246 AM PST SAT FEB 22 2025
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY
NIGHT...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY RAIN AND SNOWMELT IS POSSIBLE. FLOODING
CAUSED BY ICE JAMS ON RIVERS WITH ICE BUILDUP IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF IDAHO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES,
BENEWAH, BONNER, BOUNDARY, KOOTENAI, LATAH, LEWIS, NEZ PERCE AND
SHOSHONE AND WASHINGTON, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, ASOTIN,
GARFIELD, SPOKANE AND WHITMAN.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS, INCLUDING
BASEMENTS AND CRAWLSPACES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE
RAINFALL SATURDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. RAIN, BREEZY WINDS, HIGH
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOW 50S, AND OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO RAPID LOWLAND
SNOWMELT.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS.
THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE
ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
PREVENT WATER PONDING AND FLOODING: MOVE SNOW AWAY FROM STORM
DRAINS, HOME FOUNDATIONS, AND WINDOW WELLS TO ENSURE PROPER DRAINAGE.
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