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WGUS86 KOTX 230722
FLSOTX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1222 AM PDT THU APR 23 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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.
THIS WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL THE RIVER FALLS BELOW ITS FLOOD
STAGE.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT NOON PDT.
WAC007-231900-
/O.EXT.KOTX.FL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-260425T1823Z/
/STHW1.1.RS.260421T1507Z.260423T0530Z.260425T0623Z.NO/
1222 AM PDT THU APR 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE.
* WHERE...STEHEKIN RIVER AT STEHEKIN.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.5 FEET, WATER INUNDATES SOME PROPERTIES AND
OVERTOPS THE TEMPORARY CORDUROY BRIDGE. COMPANY CREEK ROAD
INUNDATED AT NORTHERN END. BATTALION CREEK CULVERTS ARE BEGINNING
TO BE OVERTOPPED. WATER BEGINS DAMAGING WOOD ROAD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:30 PM PDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 19.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 11:30 PM PDT WEDNESDAY WAS 21.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE TOMORROW EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 20.4 FEET LATE
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.5 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4849 12076 4832 12057 4825 12067 4831 12101
4848 12103
VMT
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