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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
916 PM PDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN STATIONARY OVER
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT....

.AN AXIS OF MODERATE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO SETUP ACROSS THE
NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE AND NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF WASHINGTON
THIS EVENING AND REMAIN STATIONARY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MODELS
INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF
RAINFALL OVER THIS PERIOD. SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH ALREADY
RECEIVED MODERATE RAINFALL WITH THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED
FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS AND ALONG SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS.
MUD AND DEBRIS SLIDES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON SPARSELY VEGETATED STEEP
SLOPES.

IDC017-021-WAC051-065-221330-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BONNER-BOUNDARY-PEND OREILLE-STEVENS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER...
COOLIN...CLARK FORK...BONNERS FERRY...MOYIE SPRINGS...PORTHILL...
EASTPORT...NAPLES...NEWPORT...METALINE FALLS...IONE...CUSICK...
DIAMOND LAKE...COLVILLE...CHEWELAH...KETTLE FALLS...NORTHPORT
916 PM PDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO AND NORTHEAST
  WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTH
  IDAHO...BONNER AND BOUNDARY. IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON...PEND
  OREILLE AND STEVENS.

* FROM 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

* STEADY MODERATE RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AN
  ADDITIONAL ONE TO ONE AND HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE
  POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. MOUNTAIN SNOW
  MELT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO RUNOFF THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT THEN CEASE
  AS SNOW LEVELS LOWER TO BETWEEN 4000 AND 5000 FEET WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN
THE WATCH AREA. YOU SHOULD MONITOR FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR
POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT
HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX

&&

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...PRIEST
RIVER...COOLIN...CLARK FORK...BONNERS FERRY...MOYIE SPRINGS...
PORTHILL...EASTPORT...NAPLES...NEWPORT...METALINE FALLS...IONE...
CUSICK...DIAMOND LAKE...COLVILLE...CHEWELAH...KETTLE FALLS...
NORTHPORT.

$$