FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1011 AM PDT FRI SEP 27 2013 ...HEAVY RAIN THIS WEEKEND MAY LEAD TO SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND MUD SLIDES IN THE MOUNTAINS... .A SERIES OF WET PACIFIC STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...BRINGING PROLONGED PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN. HEAVIEST RAIN AMOUNTS WILL BE SEEN NEAR THE CASCADE CREST WHERE 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE FORECAST FOR SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE MAY SEE OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS OVER THE WEEKEND. IMPACTS FROM THIS EVENT INCLUDE STEEP RISES ON CREEK AND STREAMS AND THE INCREASED RISK OF MUD AND ROCK SLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... CHELAN AND OKANOGAN. * FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT * THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE NEAR THE CREST WHERE UP TO 4 INCHES ARE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE MUCH LESS FURTHER FROM THE CREST. SATURDAY WILL SEE THE HEAVIEST PERIOD OF RAINFALL. * IMPACTS INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING ON SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS AS WELL AS MUD AND ROCK SLIDES IN THE STEEPER TERRAIN NEAR THE CREST. 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. _place1=&product1=Flood+Watch#.UkXc2pPn-M8
Posted on: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 19:34:40 +0000
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