714  
WGUS66 KOTX 092023  
FFAOTX  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA  
1223 PM PST TUE DEC 9 2025  
 
WAC007-101500-  
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/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
CHELAN-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LEAVENWORTH, CHELAN, MANSON, PLAIN,  
CASHMERE, ENTIAT, AND WENATCHEE  
1223 PM PST TUE DEC 9 2025  
   
..FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY RAIN AND SNOWMELT CONTINUES TO BE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON, INCLUDING THE  
FOLLOWING COUNTY, CHELAN.  
 
* WHEN...THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF SMALLER  
RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE  
LOCATIONS. PEOPLE, STRUCTURES, AND ROADS LOCATED BELOW STEEP  
SLOPES AND NEAR RECENTLY BURNED AREAS MAY BE AT RISK FROM ROCK AND  
MUD SLIDES.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER WILL BRING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF  
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL CHELAN  
COUNTY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. RAIN AND  
SNOWMELT WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK FOR URBAN AND SMALL  
STREAM FLOODING AND MUD AND ROCK SLIDES ON BURN SCARS.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD  
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED  
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.  
 
 
 
 
 
IDC009-055-079-101500-  
/O.EXT.KOTX.FA.A.0005.000000T0000Z-251213T0000Z/  
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
BENEWAH-KOOTENAI-SHOSHONE-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KELLOGG, EMIDA, PLUMMER, CATALDO,  
PINEHURST, MURRAY, KINGSTON, SMELTERVILLE, OSBURN, MULLAN,  
PRICHARD, HAYDEN, COEUR D'ALENE, TENSED, CALDER, RATHDRUM,  
WORLEY, ST. MARIES, POST FALLS, BAYVIEW, SANTA, ATHOL, ST. JOE,  
AND WALLACE  
1223 PM PST TUE DEC 9 2025  
   
..FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY RAIN AND SNOWMELT CONTINUES TO BE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTH IDAHO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
COUNTIES, BENEWAH, KOOTENAI AND SHOSHONE.  
 
* WHEN...THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
THERE WILL ALSO BE A RISK OF MUD AND ROCK SLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER WILL BRING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF  
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE  
TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. RAIN AND SNOWMELT WILL  
BRING AN INCREASED RISK FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING  
AND MUD AND ROCK SLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD  
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED  
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.  
 
 
 
 
 
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