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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT

1036 AM MST FRI DEC 23 2005



IDC035-232030-

CLEARWATER-

936 AM PST FRI DEC 23 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM PST FOR

SOUTHWESTERN CLEARWATER COUNTY...



AT 827 AM PST...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT OROFINO 

CREEK...3 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOWN WAS FLOODING. AT 935 AM 

PST...WATER WAS REPORTED TO HAVE RISEN ABOVE THE BANKS AND IS 

FLOODING ONE YARD. THOUGH HOMES HAVE NOT BEEN FLOODED AT THIS 

POINT...3 HOUSES REMAIN AT RISK AS WATER LEVELS FLUCTUATE. AREAS 

DOWNSTREAM FROM THE ICE JAM...INCLUDING THE CITY OF OROFINO...SHOULD 

CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE ICE JAM FOR A POTENTIAL BREAK TODAY.





LAT...LON 4642 11628 4643 11589 4655 11590 4655 11627



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