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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1029 AM PST FRI DEC 20 2024
...OBSERVED FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH AFFECTING MASON COUNTY.
.THE SKOKOMISH RIVER WILL SLOWLY RECEDE AND REMAIN NEAR OR WITHIN
MINOR FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE RIVER WILL RISE AGAIN
NEXT WEEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 THIS EVENING AT 1030 PM PST.
WAC045-210630-
/O.EXT.KSEW.FL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-241226T1151Z/
/SRPW1.2.ER.241218T0030Z.241218T1715Z.241221T0540Z.NO/
1029 AM PST FRI DEC 20 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 17.5 FEET, THE SKOKOMISH RIVER WILL CAUSE MODERATE
FLOODING, WITH DEEP AND QUICK FLOOD WATERS INUNDATING SOME
RESIDENTIAL AREAS, MANY ROADS, AND MUCH OF THE FARM LAND IN THE
SKOKOMISH VALLEY. INUNDATED ROADS INCLUDE THE SKOKOMISH VALLEY
ROAD, BOURGAULT ROAD WEST, PURDY CUTOFF ROAD, AND HIGHWAY 106.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:30 AM PST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.0 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:30 AM PST FRIDAY WAS 17.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
EVENING TO 16.3 FEET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN RISE
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO 16.7 FEET EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. IT WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AGAIN MONDAY
AFTERNOON TO 16.4 FEET LATE MONDAY EVENING. IT WILL THEN RISE
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AGAIN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING TO 16.7 FEET
LATE TUESDAY MORNING. IT WILL RISE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY TO
MODERATE FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
16.8 FEET ON 11/23/1990.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4733 12310 4728 12316 4733 12333 4734 12325
4732 12319 4735 12315
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