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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  SPOKANE, WA
918 PM PDT SUN JUL 1 2012
...ELEVATED LEVELS CONTINUE ON SOME AREA RIVERS...
MONITOR CURRENT WATER LEVELS ON THE WEB AT:
HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=OTX (ALL LOWERCASE)
HERE ARE SOME FORECASTS FOR AREA RIVERS AND LAKES:

WAC005-021-025-071-077-030418-
918 PM PDT SUN JUL 1 2012
 
COLUMBIA RIVER BELOW PRIEST RAPIDS DAM
  FLOOD STAGE >> 32.00 FEET.
  MOST RECENT READING >> 28.15 FEET AT 8 PM SUNDAY.
  FORECAST / REMARKS >>  GRANT COUNTY P.U.D. IS CURRENTLY DOING WORK 
  ON THE SPILLWAY OF PRIEST RAPIDS DAM THAT NECESSITATES HIGH 
  OUTFLOWS FROM THE DAM DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. THE COLUMBIA RIVER
  BELOW PRIEST RAPIDS DAM WILL BE NEAR FLOOD STAGE FOR SEVERAL NIGHTS AS
  FLOW IS INCREASED. CRESTS HAVE BEEN REACHING JUST ABOVE 31 FEET LATE
  EACH NIGHT BEFORE FALLING ONCE AGAIN AS FLOW IS DECREASED DURING THE 
  DAY TO ASSIST THE SPILLWAY WORK. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE WORK CAN BE
  COMPLETED WITHOUT EXCEEDING FLOOD STAGE. THOSE WITH INTERESTS ON THE
  COLUMBIA RIVER BELOW PRIEST RAPIDS DAM SHOULD MONITOR NWS
  STATEMENTS...WATCHES...AND WARNINGS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
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