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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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