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FLSSEW
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
748 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
WASHINGTON...
SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH AFFECTING MASON COUNTY.
.RAIN OVER THE SOUTH SLOPES OF THE OLYMPICS HAS PUSHED THE SKOKOMISH
RIVER ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY EVENING.
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 LATE TONIGHT AT 500 AM PDT.
WAC045-291200-
/O.EXT.KSEW.FL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-250330T0603Z/
/SRPW1.1.ER.250329T0037Z.250329T0600Z.250329T2103Z.NO/
748 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING.
* 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 7:30 PM PDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.6 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST NEAR 16.9 FEET LATE FRIDAY
EVENING. IT WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4733 12310 4728 12316 4733 12333 4734 12325
4732 12319 4735 12315
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