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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
924 AM PST SAT FEB 22 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE WA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IDAHO...WASHINGTON...
PALOUSE RIVER NEAR POTLATCH AFFECTING WHITMAN AND LATAH COUNTIES.
.HEAVY RAIN MAY FALL ON A DEEP PRIMED SNOWPACK LEADING TO THE MELT
INCREASING. FLOWS IN RIVERS MAY INCREASE QUICKLY AND REACH CRITICAL
LEVELS.
FOR THE PALOUSE RIVER...INCLUDING PULLMAN, POTLATCH...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 RIVER 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 LATE TONIGHT AT 130 AM PST.
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924 AM PST SAT FEB 22 2025
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT TO LATE MONDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PALOUSE RIVER NEAR POTLATCH.
* WHEN...FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT TO LATE MONDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OF THE LOW LYING AREAS
BETWEEN POTLATCH IDAHO AND PALOUSE WASHINGTON WILL OCCUR. FLOODING
WILL BEGIN AT THE LIONS CLUB COMMUNITY PARK AND HAYTON GREENE
PARK IN PALOUSE. SOUTH RIVER ROAD WILL LIKELY BE FLOODED WHERE IT
CROSSES THE PALOUSE RIVER AT WELLESLEY RD. THE POTLATCH SOFTBALL
AND BASEBALL FIELDS WILL SEE PONDING OF WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:45 AM PST SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4688 11670 4687 11698 4686 11722 4697 11723
4698 11674
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