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Flood — Ferry, WA

Apr 1, 2017

In addition to a wet March, periodic heavy rains continued during the month of April. In Ferry County, the COOP station at Republic recorded 2.93 inches of rain for the month, which is 1.42 inches above average. In Okanogan County the Omak ASOS station recorded 2.66 inches of rain, which is 1.62 inches above average. At Mazama the COOP observer recorded 2.45 inches of precipitation, which is 1.42 inches above average. ||All of this rain on top of spring time snow melt promoted saturated soil con

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 693056). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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