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WGUS86 KSEW 200049
FLSSEW
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
449 PM PST THU DEC 19 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
WASHINGTON...
SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH AFFECTING MASON COUNTY.
.THE SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLACH WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE TO NEAR
FLOOD STAGE, POTENTIALLY FALLING BELOW FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY.
ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS, BUT WILL REMAIN RATHER LIGHT.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY LATE TONIGHT AT 100 AM PST.
WAC045-200900-
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449 PM PST THU DEC 19 2024
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH.
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY.
* 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 PST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.0 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. IT WILL REMAIN NEAR FLOOD STAGE, THEN RISE ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE EARLY MONDAY TO AROUND 16.7 FT. ADDITIONAL
FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4733 12310 4728 12316 4733 12333 4734 12325
4732 12319 4735 12315
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