Lake Pend Oreille Flood Warning

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FLWOTX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE, WA
1234 PM PDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING LAKE IN IDAHO...

LAKE PEND OREILLE AT HOPE AFFECTING BONNER COUNTY

SEASONAL TEMPERATURES AND CONTINUED SNOW MELT ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS THIS WEEK WILL RESULT IN A GRADUAL RISE ON LAKE PEND OREILLE.
THE LAKE WILL SLOWLY RISE THROUGH NEXT WEEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED
AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW FOR SAFE PASSAGE. AS LITTLE
AS ONE FOOT OF WATER ON THE ROAD CAN MOVE MOST VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT:
HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=OTX

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1234 PM PDT FRI JUN 10 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE, WA HAS ISSUED
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE LAKE PEND OREILLE AT HOPE.
* FROM SATURDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 8:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 2062.9 FEET
* FLOOD STAGE IS 2063.5 FEET.
* THE LAKE IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY RISE...REACHING 2064.4 FEET ON FRIDAY
JUNE 17TH.
* LAKE PEND OREILLE LEVELS, FORECASTED LEVELS, AND FLOOD STAGE ARE IN
REFERENCE TO THE NGVD29 DATUM. THE FLOOD STAGE OF 2063.5 FEET IS
EQUIVALENT TO AN ELEVATION ON THE NEW FEMA FLOOD INSURANCE RATE
MAPS OF 2067.3 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* AT 2063.5 FEET...MINOR FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME EROSIONAL DAMAGE
IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE WINDWARD SHORES.
* AT 2064.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN CLARK FORK AND IN THE
PACK RIVER VALLEY. LAKE LEVEL OF 2064FT IS IN REFERENCE TO THE
NGVD29 DATUM.

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