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WGUS86 KSEW 291859
FLSSEW
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1159 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
WASHINGTON...
SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH AFFECTING MASON COUNTY.
.RAIN OVER THE SOUTH SLOPES OF THE OLYMPICS 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 THIS EVENING AT 730 PM PDT.
WAC045-300230-
/O.EXT.KSEW.FL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-250330T0230Z/
/SRPW1.1.ER.250329T0037Z.250329T0800Z.250329T1730Z.NO/
1159 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES ON THE LOWEST REACHES OF THE RIVER.
* WHERE...SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, THE SKOKOMISH RIVER WILL LOCALLY SPILL
OVER ITS BANKS INTO LOW-LYING AREAS OF THE SKOKOMISH VALLEY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:45 AM PDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.5 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
MORNING TO 15.4 FEET LATE MONDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
16.5 FEET ON 01/18/1986.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4733 12310 4728 12316 4733 12333 4734 12325
4732 12319 4735 12315
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