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WGUS46 KOTX 231804
FLWOTX

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1004 AM PST Sun Feb 23 2025

...The National Weather Service in Spokane WA has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Washington...Idaho...

  Palouse River near Potlatch affecting Whitman and Latah Counties.

.Heavy rain will fall on a deep primed snowpack leading to the melt
increasing. Flows in rivers will increase quickly.

For the Palouse River...including Potlatch...Minor flooding is
forecast.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued this evening at 1015 PM PST.

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IDC057-WAC075-240615-
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/PLOI1.1.RS.250223T2308Z.250224T0000Z.250224T0324Z.NO/
1004 AM PST Sun Feb 23 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO TOMORROW MORNING...
...REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Palouse River near Potlatch.

* WHEN...From this afternoon to tomorrow morning.

* IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, Minor flooding of the low lying areas
  between Potlatch Idaho and Palouse Washington will occur. Flooding
  will begin  at the Lions Club Community Park and Hayton Greene
  Park in Palouse. South River Road will likely be flooded where it
  crosses the Palouse River at Wellesley Rd. The Potlatch softball
  and baseball fields will see ponding of water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 8:45 AM PST Sunday the stage was 12.3 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 14.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river will rise above flood stage to 15.4 feet
    late this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage this
    evening and continue falling to 11.8 feet late Tuesday
    morning.
  - Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    15.1 feet on 02/02/2000.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 4688 11670 4687 11698 4686 11722 4697 11723
      4698 11674


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JW