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Flood — Pend Oreille, WA

Apr 16, 2018

The second week of April brought a period of wet weather to northeast Washington. Boundary Dam measured 1.79 inches of rain between April 11th and the 17th. Newport measured 1.6 inches during the same period and Mazama measured 1.01 inches. Holden Village recording 1.48 inches. All of this rain lead to saturated ground conditions by the beginning of the third week of April and set the stage for a rash of areal floods and debris flows in the mountainous areas of northeast Washington. Okanogan Cou

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 750957). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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