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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  SPOKANE, WA
1038 AM PDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...RAIN THIS WEEK TO PUSH RIVER LEVELS UP ON THE KOOTENAI
AND STEHEKIN RIVERS...

SEVERAL ROUNDS OF RAIN WILL OCCUR TUESDAY...WEDNESDAY...THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
FOUR-DAY RAIN TOTALS WILL LIKELY FALL OVER FAR NORTHWEST MONTANA
AND SOUTHEAST BRITISH COLUMBIA...WHICH IS THE HEADWATERS OF THE
KOOTENAI RIVER BASIN. LOOK FOR RISES ON THE KOOTENAI RIVER AT
BONNERS FERRY WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE STEHEKIN RIVER
WILL ALSO RUN HIGH AS HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOW MELT AND RAIN OVER THE
CREST OF THE CASCADES CONTRIBUTE TO RUN-OFF INTO THE STEHEKIN
BASIN.

MONITOR CURRENT WATER LEVELS ON THE WEB AT:
HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=OTX (ALL LOWERCASE)


HERE ARE SOME FORECASTS FOR AREA RIVERS AND LAKES:

IDC021-191738-
1038 AM PDT TUE JUN 18 2013


KOOTENAI RIVER AT BONNERS FERRY

  FLOOD STAGE >> 64.0 FEET.
  MOST RECENT READING >> 53.9 FEET AT 10 AM TUESDAY.
  FORECAST / REMARKS >>
  THE KOOTENAI RIVER AT BONNERS FERRY IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE THE
  ACTION STAGE OF 57 FEET THURSDAY EVENING...AND CREST AROUND 60 FEET
  THIS WEEKEND. AT THIS TIME...THE KOOTENAI RIVER IS EXPECTED TO
  REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.



$$

WAC007-191738-
1038 AM PDT TUE JUN 18 2013


STEHEKIN RIVER AT STEHEKIN

  FLOOD STAGE >> 24.0 FEET.
  MOST RECENT READING >> 21.7 FEET AT 9 AM TUESDAY.
  FORECAST / REMARKS >>
  THE STEHEKIN RIVER AT STEHEKIN IS FORECAST TO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN
  21.6 FEET AND 22.1 FEET THROUGH FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME...ANY RISE IS
  EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.



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