...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SOUTH FORK CLEARWATER RIVER AT STITES.

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

* PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN: SOUTH FORK CLEARWATER RIVER AT STITES,
WHICH COULD REACH MINOR FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING. MINOR STREAM
AND CREEK FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF
THE AREA.

* BASIS FOR THE WATCH: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL
COMBINE WITH SNOW MELT TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE RUNOFF ACROSS
NORTH- CENTRAL IDAHO. STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY REACH NEAR
BANKFULL WITH MAINSTREAM RIVERS RISING CONSIDERABLY, THUS MINOR
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH FORK CLEARWATER RIVER AT STITES IN...
CENTRAL IDAHO COUNTY IN CENTRAL IDAHO...

* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

* THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE FLOOD STAGE OF 8 FEET THIS
MORNING.

* AT 8 FEET EXPECT POSSIBLE FLOODING TO STATE HIGHWAY 13 NEAR THE
TOWN OF HARPSTER.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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