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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
424 PM PST TUE DEC 9 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE WA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
STEHEKIN RIVER AT STEHEKIN AFFECTING CHELAN COUNTY.
WENATCHEE RIVER AT PESHASTIN AFFECTING CHELAN COUNTY.
ENTIAT RIVER NEAR ARDENVOIR AFFECTING CHELAN COUNTY.
..THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IDAHO
COEUR D ALENE RIVER AT CATALDO AFFECTING KOOTENAI AND SHOSHONE
COUNTIES.
ST JOE RIVER AT CALDER AFFECTING SHOSHONE COUNTY.
FOR THE ENTIAT RIVER...INCLUDING ARDENVOIR...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
RESIDENTS AND THOSE WITH INTERESTS NEAR THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR
RISING WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA, REMAIN ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 800 AM PST.
WAC007-101600-
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424 PM PST TUE DEC 9 2025
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...STEHEKIN RIVER AT STEHEKIN.
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 23.5 FEET, MINOR LOW LAND FLOODING POSSIBLE NEAR
MCGREGOR MEADOWS ROAD AND THE DRIVE THROUGH THE TOLLBER PASTURE.
PART OF THE HARLEQUIN CAMPGROUND NEAR HARLEQUIN BRIDGE MAY BE
FLOODED.
AT 23.8 FEET, MCGREGOR'S MEADOW ROAD WILL BE MOSTLY FLOODED.
AT 24.0 FEET, THE RIVER MAY BE OUT OF ITS BANKS IN SPOTS ON PARTS
OF STEHEKIN VALLEY ROAD AND COMPANY CREEK ROAD, ESPECIALLY FROM
HARLEQUIN BRIDGE TO ABOUT SEVEN MILES UPSTREAM.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:30 PM PST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 26.0 FEET THURSDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4849 12076 4832 12057 4825 12067 4831 12101
4848 12103
WAC007-101600-
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424 PM PST TUE DEC 9 2025
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING TO EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...WENATCHEE RIVER AT PESHASTIN.
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING TO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR THE
RIVER CAN BE EXPECTED.
AT 13.0 FEET, FLOODING IS LIKELY IN LOW-LYING AREAS, ESPECIALLY IN
THE CASHMERE AREA.
AT 15.0 FEET, MAJOR FLOODING IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY
BETWEEN LEAVENWORTH AND WENATCHEE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:15 PM PST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST
NEAR 15.7 FEET THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4752 12084 4769 12073 4752 12030 4739 12031
WAC007-101600-
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424 PM PST TUE DEC 9 2025
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...ENTIAT RIVER NEAR ARDENVOIR.
* WHEN...FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.5 FEET, FLOODING OF SOME HOMES AND ORCHARDS IN THE
ENTIAT VALLEY IS POSSIBLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:00 PM PST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 2.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 8.5 FEET THURSDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.5 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4790 12058 4798 12049 4769 12021 4759 12025
IDC055-079-101600-
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424 PM PST TUE DEC 9 2025
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO FRIDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...COEUR D ALENE RIVER AT CATALDO.
* WHEN...FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO 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 3:15 PM PST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 41.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 43.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST
NEAR 44.5 FEET THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4752 11620 4742 11673 4750 11680 4764 11626
IDC079-101600-
/O.EXT.KOTX.FL.A.0004.251211T1127Z-251213T1002Z/
/CLDI1.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
424 PM PST TUE DEC 9 2025
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS 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 3:30 PM PST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST
NEAR 13.3 FEET THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4739 11632 4735 11604 4717 11604 4721 11635
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