965  
WGUS66 KOTX 091836  
FFAOTX  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA  
1036 AM PST TUE DEC 9 2025  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE WA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IDAHO...  
 
ST JOE RIVER AT CALDER AFFECTING SHOSHONE COUNTY.  
 
FOR THE ST. JOE RIVER...INCLUDING CALDER...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 ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 700 PM PST.  
 

 
 
IDC079-100300-  
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1036 AM PST TUE DEC 9 2025  
 
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO EARLY SATURDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...ST JOE RIVER AT CALDER.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, WATER MAY COVER THE LOW SPOTS ON CALDER  
ROAD BETWEEN THE ST JOE RIVER ROAD AND THE CALDER BRIDGE.  
 
AT 11.0 FEET, FLOODING IN RIVERSIDE RV AREAS NEAR MEADOW AND OXBOW  
LANES DOWNSTREAM OF CALDER TO THE CUTTHROAT RESORT.  
 
AT 13.0 FEET, BEAR CREEK WILL BEGIN TO BACK UP FROM THE ST JOE RIVER  
AND MAY START TO SPILL INTO THE TOWN OF CALDER, FLOODING THE LOW  
SPOTS IN YARDS, ROADS AND PARKING LOTS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:30 AM PST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.7 FEET.  
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4739 11632 4735 11604 4717 11604 4721 11635  
 

 
 
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