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WGUS86 KSEW 122340
FLSSEW
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
440 PM PDT TUE MAR 12 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
WASHINGTON...
SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH AFFECTING MASON COUNTY.
.HEAVY RAINFALL ON MONDAY PUSHED THE SKOKOMISH RIVER JUST ABOVE
MINOR FLOOD STAGE. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST
OF TODAY, BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE HYDROLOGICALLY IMPACTFUL. THE
RIVER IS EXPECTED TO DROP BACK BELOW FLOOD LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY LATE TONIGHT AT 1215 AM PDT.
WAC045-130715-
/O.EXT.KSEW.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-240313T0705Z/
/SRPW1.1.ER.240312T1437Z.240312T2000Z.240313T0004Z.NO/
440 PM PDT TUE MAR 12 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH.
* WHEN...UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.5 FEET, THE SKOKOMISH RIVER WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD
FLOODING OF PASTURE LANDS, WITH WATER FLOWING QUICKLY OVER WEST
BOURGAULT ROAD AND SKOKOMISH VALLEY ROAD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:30 PM PDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.5 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 4:30 PM PDT TUESDAY WAS 16.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 14.1 FEET LATE
SUNDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
16.5 FEET ON 10/04/1997.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4733 12310 4728 12316 4733 12333 4734 12325
4732 12319 4735 12315
HPR
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