Active Advisories: Flash Flood Watch
Currently
Reported at Omak, Omak Airport, WA
1:04 PM PDT MON JUN 4 2012- 55°F13°C
Light Rain- Feels Like:55°F13°CDew Point:54°F12°CHumidity:94%
Winds:N 8 mph 13 kph
Pressure:29.77 in1008 hPaVisibility:10.00 miles16090.00 meters
Flash Flood Watch
...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED FROM STRONG STORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT... IDC009-017-021-055-057-061-069-079-WAC001-003-017-019-023-043-047- 051-063-065-075-050445- /O.NEW.KOTX.FF.A.0001.120605T0000Z-120605T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENEWAH-BONNER-BOUNDARY-KOOTENAI-LATAH-LEWIS-NEZ PERCE-SHOSHONE- ADAMS-ASOTIN-DOUGLAS-FERRY-GARFIELD-LINCOLN-OKANOGAN-PEND OREILLE- SPOKANE-STEVENS-WHITMAN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PLUMMER...TENSED... SANDPOINT...PRIEST RIVER...COOLIN...BLANCHARD...CAREYWOOD... CLARK FORK...BONNERS FERRY...MOYIE SPRINGS...PORTHILL... EASTPORT...NAPLES...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...BAYVIEW...RATHDRUM...ATHOL...MOSCOW...POTLATCH...DEARY... GENESEE...JULIAETTA...KENDRICK...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD... KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...SMELTERVILLE... CALDER...CLARKSTON...ASOTIN...ANATONE...BRIDGEPORT...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...KELLER...CURLEW...DANVILLE...LAURIER...POMEROY... DAVENPORT...WILBUR...REARDAN...SPRAGUE...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...OROVILLE...MAZAMA...WINTHROP...METHOW...TWISP... CONCONULLY...NEWPORT...METALINE FALLS...IONE...CUSICK... DIAMOND LAKE...SPOKANE...AIRWAY HEIGHTS...MEDICAL LAKE...CHENEY... ROCKFORD...LIBERTY LAKE...DEER PARK...COLVILLE...CHEWELAH... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE...NORTHPORT...PULLMAN...COLFAX... OAKESDALE...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...UNIONTOWN 134 PM PDT MON JUN 4 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF IDAHO AND WASHINGTON... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN IDAHO...BENEWAH... BONNER...BOUNDARY...KOOTENAI...LATAH...LEWIS...NEZ PERCE AND SHOSHONE. IN WASHINGTON...ADAMS...ASOTIN...DOUGLAS...FERRY... GARFIELD...LINCOLN...OKANOGAN...PEND OREILLE...SPOKANE... STEVENS AND WHITMAN. * FROM 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING * A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION CAUSING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER MANY PORTIONS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO SHORT TERM FLASH FLOODING AS WELL AS RISES ON SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS. * POSSIBLE IMPACTS FROM THIS EVENT INCLUDE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS FROM OVERWHELMED STORM SYSTEMS...PONDING OF WATER...OR SMALL STREAMS. MUD OR DEBRIS SLIDES ARE POSSIBLE ON STEEP SLOPES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.
