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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA

1158 PM PDT WED JUN 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...



 CENTRAL PEND OREILLE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON

 AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BONNER COUNTY IN THE IDAHO PAHNANDLE.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS

FALLEN THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL PEND OREILLE COUNTY...

SPECIFICALLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR FROM RUBY TO IONE.

SIMILAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE OCCURRED ALONG THE WEST SHORE OF

PRIEST LAKE IN BONNER COUNTY FROM OUTLET BAY TO NORDMAN. CALLS TO

THE PEND OREILLE AND BONNER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICES INDICATE NO

FLOODING PROBLEMS AT THIS TIME...BUT RADAR INDICATES YET MORE

RAINFALL HEADING ACROSS THE SAME AREAS WITH RAINFALL RATES EXPECTED

TO APPROACH ONE INCH PER HOUR. GIVEN THE HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS

EVENING...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD QUICKLY SEND SMALL STREAMS

OUT OF THEIR BANKS. STREAMS THAT COULD SEE RAPID RISES ALONG THE

WEST SHORE OF PRIEST LAKE INCLUDE GRANITE CREEK...KALISPELL CREEK

AND LAMB CREEK. CREEKS IN THE THE LE CLERC CREEK BASIN IN PEND

OREILLE COUNTY COULD ALSO SEE RAPID RISES.



CAMPERS AND RESIDENTS ALONG THESE CREEKS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE

POTENTIAL FOR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND BE

PREPARED TO HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE

ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS IN FLOODING SITUATIONS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO

FEET OF RUNNING WATER TO WASH YOUR VEHICLE AWAY...SO NEVER DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO FLOODWATERS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN

IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.

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