River Reaches Flood Stage
With the recent warm weather and the rain fall that is forecasted for later this week, the Coeur d' Alene River at Cataldo is currently over flood stage and is expected to remain over flood stage until approximately Sunday. The current reading, as of 2:40 p.m., at the gauge in Cataldo is 44.29 feet. Flood level at Cataldo is 43 feet. In addition to the Coeur d' Alene River, Lake Coeur d' Alene is predicted to reach flood stage Friday and remain over flood stage until approximately May 4. Currently Lake Coeur d' Alene is showing to be at 2130.45 feet as of 1:30 p.m. Flood stage on Lake Coeur d' Alene is 2133 feet and the normal summer lever of the lake is 2128 feet. The National Weather Service is predicting that Lake Coeur d' Alene will peak at approx. 2135 feet. These readings were collected from The National Weather Service at the following web site: www.nwrfc.noaa.gov/rfc/. And: More here.