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WGUS86 KSEW 200701
FLSSEW
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1101 PM PST THU DEC 19 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
WASHINGTON...
SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH AFFECTING MASON COUNTY.
.THE SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLACH WILL REMAIN NEAR 17 FEET OVERNIGHT
THEN BEGIN TO RECEDE AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING. THE RIVER COULD
POTENTIALLY FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF
PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WHICH WILL KEEP THE
RIVER NEAR FLOOD STAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY FRIDAY MORNING AT 1045 AM PST.
WAC045-201845-
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/SRPW1.2.ER.241218T0030Z.241218T1715Z.241225T0458Z.NO/
1101 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 EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* 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 10:30 PM PST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.1 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL REMAIN NEAR 17 FEET OVERNIGHT THEN
BEGIN TO RECEDE AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING. THE RIVER COULD
POTENTIALLY FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL
ROUNDS OF RAIN IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL KEEP THE RIVER NEAR
FLOOD STAGE.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4733 12310 4728 12316 4733 12333 4734 12325
4732 12319 4735 12315
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