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WGUS86 KOTX 160953
FLSOTX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
153 AM PST TUE DEC 16 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
WASHINGTON...
STEHEKIN RIVER AT STEHEKIN AFFECTING CHELAN COUNTY.
FOR THE STEHEKIN RIVER...INCLUDING STEHEKIN...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 AFTERNOON AT 200 PM PST.
WAC007-162200-
/O.EXT.KOTX.FL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-251218T1743Z/
/STHW1.1.ER.251215T2006Z.251216T0315Z.251218T0543Z.NO/
153 AM PST TUE DEC 16 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THURSDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...STEHEKIN RIVER AT STEHEKIN.
* WHEN...UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...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 1:30 AM PST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 24.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 1:30 AM PST TUESDAY WAS 25.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL REMAIN STEADY JUST ABOVE ITS FLOOD
STAGE OF 24 FEET TODAY. IT WILL THEN SEE ANOTHER RISE TUESDAY
NIGHT TO NEAR 25 FEET BEFORE STARTING TO RECEDE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO FALL BELOW ITS FLOOD
STAGE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4849 12076 4832 12057 4825 12067 4831 12101
4848 12103
SVH
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