FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 821 PM PST TUE DEC 15 2009
SPOKANE COUNTY IN EASTERN WASHINGTON...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SPOKANE...CHENEY...
KOOTENAI COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF IDAHO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RATHDRUM...POST FALLS...COEUR
D`ALENE...
* UNTIL 815 PM PST WEDNESDAY
* AT 815 PM PST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL REPORTED URBAN
STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY OF SPOKANE DUE TO SNOWMELT RUNOFF.
STORM DRAINS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN CLOGGED WITH ICE AND SNOW FROM THE
SNOWFALL OF MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY THROUGH AT LEAST THE NEXT 24
HOURS. SNOW MELT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS TIME...AND WITHOUT
EFFECTIVE DRAINAGE...STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY TO PERSIST IN URBAN
AREAS. ADDITIONALLY...AS TEMPERATURES RISE IN AREAS THAT HAVE SEEN
MORE SNOW AND ICE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...SUCH AS NORTH SPOKANE
AND THE COEUR D`ALENE AREA...STREET FLOODING WILL ALSO BECOME COMMON
IN THESE AREAS AS WELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN
URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
LAT...LON 4741 11658 4737 11663 4736 11703 4726 11705
4726 11783 4781 11782 4783 11773 4788 11768
4779 11759 4780 11753 4804 11753 4804 11704
4797 11703 4799 11651 4788 11649 4788 11633
4742 11633
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