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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1119 AM PDT THU MAR 12 2026
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CHELAN WA-
1119 AM PDT THU MAR 12 2026
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT SATURDAY...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY RAIN AND SNOWMELT IS EXPECTED FOR THE
LOWER STEHEKIN VALLEY.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON, INCLUDING CHELAN
COUNTY.
* WHEN...UNTIL 800 PM PDT SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...WHEN THE STEHEKIN RIVER GAUGE HITS 19.3 FEET, WATER
BREACHES THE RIVER BANK. AT 20 FEET, WATER INUNDATES SOME
PROPERTIES AND OVERTOPS THE TEMPORARY CORDUROY BRIDGE. COMPANY
CREEK ROAD IS BEGINNING TO FLOOD IN PLACES AT THE NORTHERN END.
BATTALION CREEK CULVERTS ARE BEGINNING TO BE OVERTOPPED. AT 20.5
FEET, WATER BEGINS TO DAMAGE WOOD ROAD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1114 AM PDT, THE STEHEKIN RIVER WAS ABOVE ACTION STAGE
(19.5 FEET). FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED THE WARNED AREA.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A PERIOD OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND HIGH WINDS WILL LEAD TO SNOWMELT.
ANOTHER PEAK OF 19.8 FEET IS FORECAST FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE
RECEEDING BELOW ACTION STAGE SUNDAY.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COMPANY CREEK CAMPGROUND.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4838 12077 4836 12072 4832 12067 4831 12067
4831 12068 4832 12069 4832 12070 4833 12071
4834 12072 4835 12074 4837 12077 4838 12079
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