River Statement
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA

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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  SPOKANE, WA
1243 PM PDT WED JUN 19 2013

...SEVERAL DAYS OF RAIN TO CAUSE RISES ON KOOTENAI RIVER...

THE KOOTENAI RIVER WATERSHED IN SOUTHEAST BRITISH COLUMBIA...
NORTHWEST MONTANA...AND FAR NORTH IDAHO WILL RECEIVE PERIODS
OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN THROUGH FRIDAY. WIDESPREAD RAIN
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE COMMON OVER THE WATERSHED...
WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. RIVER
LEVELS WILL RUN HIGH FOR SEVERAL DAYS AS RUNOFF FROM THIS
MULTI-DAY RAIN EVENT WORKS THROUGH THE KOOTENAI RIVER
SYSTEM.

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:

IDC021-201943-
1243 PM PDT WED JUN 19 2013


KOOTENAI RIVER AT BONNERS FERRY

  FLOOD STAGE >> 64.0 FEET.
  MOST RECENT READING >> 54.2 FEET AT 12 PM WEDNESDAY.
  FORECAST / REMARKS >>
  THE KOOTENAI RIVER AT BONNERS FERRY IS EXPECTED TO RISE
  ABOVE THE ACTION STAGE OF 57 FEET THURSDAY EVENING AND
  REACH A LEVEL OF 60.5 BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL
  LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE THE ACTION STAGE OF 57 FEET THROUGH
  THE END OF JUNE. AT THIS TIME...ANY RISE IS EXPECTED TO
  REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

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