943  
WGUS76 KOTX 072018  
FFSOTX  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA  
118 PM PDT THU AUG 7 2025  
 
WAC019-043-047-072100-  
/O.CON.KOTX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-250807T2100Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
FERRY WA-LINCOLN WA-OKANOGAN WA-  
118 PM PDT THU AUG 7 2025  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SWAWILLA BURN SCAR REMAINS IN EFFECT  
UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN LINCOLN, SOUTHEASTERN  
OKANOGAN AND SOUTHWESTERN FERRY COUNTIES...  
 
AT 118 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY  
RAIN OVER THE SWAWILLA BURN SCAR. BETWEEN 0.25 AND 0.5 INCHES OF  
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN  
SHORTLY.  
 
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA WILL CAUSE MUD SLIDES NEAR  
STEEP TERRAIN. THE MUD SLIDE CAN CONSIST OF ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION  
AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS IN AND AROUND THE  
SWAWILLA BURN SCAR.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR.  
 
IMPACT...FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND THE SWAWILLA BURN SCAR.  
 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
KELLER.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
THE AFFECTED AREAS ARE IN AND BELOW THE SWAWILLA BURN SCAR NEAR  
KELLER AND ALONG MT. TOLMAN ROAD ON THE COLVILLE RESERVATION. HIGH  
INTENSITY RAINFALL ON THE BURNED AREA MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING, MUD  
SLIDES, AND ROCK SLIDES. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN AND BELOW THE  
SWAWILLA BURNED AREA SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT  
LIFE AND PROPERTY.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4813 11888 4808 11862 4790 11869 4795 11895  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 
 
 
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