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WGUS66 KOTX 091834
FFAOTX
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1034 AM PST TUE DEC 9 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE WA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IDAHO...
COEUR D ALENE RIVER AT CATALDO AFFECTING KOOTENAI AND SHOSHONE
COUNTIES.
FOR THE COEUR D'ALENE RIVER...INCLUDING CATALDO...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.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUEDTHIS EVENING AT 700 PM PST.
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1034 AM PST TUE DEC 9 2025
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO LATE FRIDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...COEUR D ALENE RIVER AT CATALDO.
* WHEN...FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO LATE FRIDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 42.0 FEET, PORTIONS OF THE CAMPGROUND SOUTH OF I-90
AND DUDLEY ROAD, DOWNSTREAM OF CATALDO, MAY BE UNDERWATER IF
FLOODPLAIN STORAGE AREAS ARE ALREADY FULL OF WATER. THIS INCLUDES
AREAS AROUND CATALDO MISSION EXIT.
AT 42.5 FEET, PORTIONS OF RIVERVIEW ROAD BETWEEN CATALDO AND
KINGSTON WILL BE FLOODED, ESPECIALLY NEAR ABBEY ROAD AND BELOW FAST
HILL ROAD. LOWLANDS AROUND LATOUR CREEK ROAD WILL FILL WITH WATER.
AT 43.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OF FARMLAND FROM CATALDO DOWNSTREAM TO
ROSE LAKE AND HARRISON IS LIKELY. THE CAMPGROUND AT CATALDO WILL
ALSO BEGIN TO FLOOD. PORTIONS OF DUDLEY ROAD, WEST OF LATOUR CREEK,
WILL LIKELY BE UNDERWATER AND IMPASSABLE. IF THERE IS SIGNIFICANT
WATER ALREADY IN THE FLOODPLAIN, THESE IMPACTS MAY OCCUR AT LOWER
STAGES. OLD COEUR D'ALENE RIVER ROAD ON THE NORTH FORK OF THE COEUR
D'ALENE RIVER NEAR ENAVILLE MAY BEGIN TO FLOOD NORTH OF THE
BUMBLEBEE BRIDGE.
AT 44.0 FEET, HOMES NEAR THE RIVER MAY EXPERIENCE SOME FLOODING OF
BASEMENTS. WATER WILL BEGIN TO COVER CCC ROAD NEAR THE MENNONITE
CHURCH. SOME WATER WILL BE OVER THE SECTION OF LATOUR CREEK ROAD
IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90, NEAR THE CAMPGROUND. DUE TO THE
HIGH WATER TABLE SOME HOMES BEHIND THE CATALDO LEVEE WILL BE
SURROUNDED BY WATER.
AT 45.0 FEET, THE COUNTY MAY BEGIN PUMPING OPERATIONS BEHIND LEVELS
ABOVE THIS STAGE IF THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER FLOOD STAGE
FOR A LONG DURATION.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:15 AM PST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 39.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 43.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4752 11620 4742 11673 4750 11680 4764 11626
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