Expires:201305180030;Remove:201305180030;304032
FPUS76 KOTX 172300
NOWOTX
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
400 PM PDT FRI MAY 17 2013

WAZ037-038-180030-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...
NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA
400 PM PDT FRI MAY 17 2013
.NOW...
THROUGH 530 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND
OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEARLY
STATIONARY AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWN POURS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND
REDUCED VISIBILITIES. AREAS THAT MAY IMPACTED BY THESE
THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...RUBY...METALINE
FALLS...CHEWELAH...COLVILLE...NORTHPORT...INCHELIUM...AND REPUBLIC.
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