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WGUS66 KOTX 220305
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
705 PM PST FRI FEB 21 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE WA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IDAHO...WASHINGTON...
PARADISE CREEK AT MOSCOW AFFECTING LATAH AND WHITMAN COUNTIES.
.PERIODS OF MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. RAIN WILL COME IN TWO WAVES WITH THE FIRST
ARRIVING SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY AND THE SECOND ARRIVING
SUNDAY NIGHT. MILD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO RESULT IN THE MELT OFF OF
SNOW AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF RAIN WITH MELTING SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN RAPID RISES ON PARADISE CREEK LATE SATURDAY
WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE ALONG THE CREEK THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY
BEFORE WATER RECEDES.
FOR THE PARADISE CREEK ...INCLUDING MOSCOW...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA, REMAIN ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLOODING.
RESIDENTS AND THOSE WITH INTERESTS NEAR THE CREEK SHOULD MONITOR
RISING WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY SATURDAY MORNING AT 1115 AM PST.
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705 PM PST FRI FEB 21 2025
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT TO TUESDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PARADISE CREEK AT MOSCOW.
* WHEN...FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT TO TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.2 FEET, WATER WILL BE OUT OF THE CREEK AT THE
INTERSECTION OF BRIDGE STREET AND HILLCREST DRIVE AND MAY ALSO BE
FLOWING INTO THE INTERSECTION AT THIS STAGE. FLOODING NEAR DAMEN
STREET.
AT 10.0 FEET, WATER WILL BE UP TO THE HOMES NEAR THE INTERSECTION
OF BRIDGE AND HILLCREST. INTERSECTION AT 5TH AND ROOSEVELT WILL BE
FLOODED. STORM DRAINS ALONG MAIN STREET WILL BE BACKED UP AND
OVERFLOWING. MOUNTAINVIEW PARK WILL BE FLOODED. BIKE PATH ALONG
THE CREEK NEAR THE UNIVERSITY WILL BE UNDER 6 INCHES OF WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:45 PM PST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.2 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4682 11704 4683 11673 4665 11672 4665 11704
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