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WGUS86 KSEW 091104
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
404 AM PDT WED APR 9 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
WASHINGTON...
SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH AFFECTING MASON COUNTY.
.RAIN TUESDAY OVER THE SOUTH SLOPES OF THE OLYMPICS PUSHED THE
SKOKOMISH RIVER ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL
RECEDE BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING.
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 THIS AFTERNOON AT NOON PDT.
WAC045-091900-
/O.EXT.KSEW.FL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-250409T2145Z/
/SRPW1.1.ER.250408T2230Z.250409T0515Z.250409T1245Z.NO/
404 AM PDT WED APR 9 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON.
* 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 3:30 AM PDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.6 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RECEDE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4733 12310 4728 12316 4733 12333 4734 12325
4732 12319 4735 12315
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