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Flash Flood Watch
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WGUS66 KOTX 221216
FFAOTX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
516 AM PDT WED MAY 22 2013

...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND
NORTHERN IDAHO THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING....

.PERIODS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER FAR NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND
THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE POTENTIAL
FOR A HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF RAIN ON TOP OF LOCATIONS WHICH
ALREADY RECEIVED MODERATE RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED
FLOODING IN LOW SPOTS AND IN AREAS ALONG SMALLER CREEKS AND
STREAMS. MUD AND DEBRIS SLIDES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON SPARSELY
VEGETATED STEEP SLOPES.

IDC017-021-WAC051-065-222100-
/O.CON.KOTX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-130523T0600Z/
/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
516 AM PDT WED MAY 22 2013

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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.

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* MODERATE RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS. AN
  ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
  MOUNTAIN SNOW MELT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO RUNOFF WEDNESDAY MORNING
  BUT WILL 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.


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