382  
WGUS46 KSEW 060256  
FLWSEW  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA  
656 PM PST WED NOV 5 2025  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE WA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...  
 
SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH AFFECTING MASON COUNTY.  
 
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 LATE TONIGHT AT 300 AM PST.  
 
 
 
WAC045-061100-  
/O.NEW.KSEW.FL.W.0015.251106T0400Z-251108T0400Z/  
/SRPW1.1.ER.251106T0826Z.251107T0600Z.251107T1859Z.NO/  
656 PM PST WED NOV 5 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY 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 6:30 PM PST WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.5 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT TO  
16.7 FEET. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BRIEFLY  
TOMORROW MORNING TO 16.4 FEET. IT WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
AGAIN EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO 17.4 FEET LATE TOMORROW  
EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AGAIN LATE  
FRIDAY MORNING.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4733 12310 4728 12316 4733 12333 4734 12325  
4732 12319 4735 12315  
 
 
 
JD  
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