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Issued: 9:27 AM May 22  Will Expire: 9:25 AM May 23

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
925 AM PDT WED MAY 22 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE WA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS AND LAKES IN WASHINGTON...

OKANOGAN RIVER NEAR TONASKET AFFECTING OKANOGAN COUNTY

HEAVY RAIN OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS OVER NORTH-CENTRAL WASHINGTON
AND SOUTH-CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA COMBINED WITH MORE RAINFALL
TODAY WILL LEAD TO RENEWED RISES ON THE OKANOGAN RIVER THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. THIS RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN ANOTHER
ROUND OF MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE RIVER.

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:

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS AND THOSE WITH INTERESTS NEAR THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR
RISING WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT:
HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=OTX

THE SPRING SNOW MELT RUNOFF IN LAKES AND RIVERS IS DANGEROUSLY COLD
AND CAN BE LIFE THREATENING FOR THOSE THAT COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE
WATER. TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS.

BE AWARE OF LARGE DEBRIS IN THE RIVER. HIGH WATER LEVELS CAN PUSH
LOGS AND OTHER LARGE DEBRIS INTO THE RIVER...INCREASING THE DANGER TO
PEOPLE AND BOATS.

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/O.COR.KOTX.FL.A.0004.130523T2136Z-130529T1957Z/
/TONW1.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
925 AM PDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE WA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR
THE OKANOGAN RIVER NEAR TONASKET
* FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY MAY 29.
* AT 8:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.9 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.00 FEET.
* FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED BY EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

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LAT...LON 4895 11945 4893 11932 4825 11951 4832 11968 4895 11945


* AT 18.0 FEET...MAJOR FLOODING OF SURROUNDING CROPLAND IS LIKELY.
SOME HOMES AND BUILDINGS ADJACENT TO THE RIVER WILL EXPERIENCE SOME
BASEMENT AND FIRST FLOOR FLOODING.
* AT 17.5 FEET...WATER WILL BE BEHIND THE LEVEE DUE TO SEEPAGE
FLOODING THE MOTOCROSS TRACK DOWNSTREAM OF THE CITY OF OKANOGAN.
* AT 17.0 FEET...LOW LYING FIELDS AND PASTURE LAND IN THE FLOOD PLAIN
ALONG THE OKANOGAN RIVER VALLEY FROM OROVILLE TO OKANOGAN WILL BE
FLOODED.
* AT 15.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS IS LIKELY BETWEEN
OROVILLE AND TONASKET.


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