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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
113 AM PDT SAT MAR 14 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS
IN WASHINGTON...IDAHO...
PARADISE CREEK AT MOSCOW AFFECTING WHITMAN AND LATAH COUNTIES.
.HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL ON A DEEP PRIMED SNOWPACK LEADING TO THE MELT
INCREASING. FLOWS IN RIVERS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY AND REACH CRITICAL
LEVELS.
FOR THE PARADISE CREEK ...INCLUDING MOSCOW...MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS MORNING AT 900 AM PDT.
IDC057-WAC075-141600-
/O.EXT.KOTX.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260315T0911Z/
/PACI1.2.RS.260313T1802Z.260314T1000Z.260315T0311Z.NR/
113 AM PDT SAT MAR 14 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD
OF RECORD.
* WHERE...PARADISE CREEK AT MOSCOW.
* WHEN...UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 11.3 FEET, FLOODING WILL INCREASE ACROSS MANY STREETS
AND IMPACT HOMES IN THE FLOOD PLAIN, INCLUDING THE INTERSECTION OF
E AND HARDING STREET, LEMHI AT MOUNTAIN VIEW STREET, BLAINE AT
WHITE STREET, AND PORTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO CAMPUS.
SIMILAR TO THE FLOODING OF 2019.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:45 AM PDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 12:45 AM PDT SATURDAY WAS 11.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 11.5
FEET EARLY THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.2 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
11.4 FEET ON 04/09/2019.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (1 AM PDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SUN MON TUE
PARADISE CREEK
MOSCOW 9.2 11.3 SAT 12 AM PD 9.1 8.3 7.7
LAT...LON 4682 11704 4683 11673 4665 11672 4665 11704
AS
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