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WGUS46 KOTX 072206
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
306 PM PDT TUE APR 7 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE WA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
STEHEKIN RIVER AT STEHEKIN AFFECTING CHELAN COUNTY.
.WARM TEMPERATURES WILL MELT HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK AND INCREASE
RIVER FLOWS.
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.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 500 AM PDT.
WAC007-081200-
/O.NEW.KOTX.FL.W.0005.260407T2206Z-260408T1218Z/
/STHW1.1.SM.260407T2351Z.260408T0000Z.260408T0017Z.NO/
306 PM PDT TUE APR 7 2026
...FLOOD WARNING FOR SNOWMELT IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE
TONIGHT...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...STEHEKIN RIVER AT STEHEKIN.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.5 FEET, WATER INUNDATES SOME PROPERTIES AND
OVERTOPS THE TEMPORARY CORDUROY BRIDGE. COMPANY CREEK ROAD
INUNDATED AT NORTHERN END. BATTALION CREEK COLVERTS ARE BEGINNING
TO BE OVERTOPPED. WATER BEGINS DAMAGING WOOD ROAD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:30 PM PDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 19.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON, THEN DECREASE TO BELOW MINOR FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY
TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
22.5 FEET ON 05/12/2019.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4849 12076 4832 12057 4825 12067 4831 12101
4848 12103
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