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Flood advisory issued through this evening
April 7, 2017
The National Weather Service has issued an areal flood advisory for portions of North Idaho and northeastern Washington, including most of Boundary County, in effect until 7:30 p.m. today.

Rainfall from showers and thunderstorms moving over Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho today today onto saturated soils from this persistent wet spring will cause slides causing mud and debris accumulations over roadways today. Reports of slides causing such mud and debris accumulation over roadways have been reported in a number of counties in Eastern Washington this morning.

In Okanogan county three miles west northwest of Pateros, extensive mud and debris cover part of state route 153 and water and debris covered portions of state route 20 seven miles west of Loup Loup summit.

Some locations that may experience slides causing mud and debris accumulation over roadways include Wenatchee, Sandpoint, Omak, Bonners Ferry, Kellogg, Priest River, Pinehurst, Osburn, Wallace, East Wenatchee, Colville, Chelan, Cashmere, Chewelah, Okanogan, Brewster, Newport, Leavenworth, Oroville and Ponderay.
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