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WGUS86 KSEW 150851
FLSSEW
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1251 AM PST MON DEC 15 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
WASHINGTON...
COWLITZ RIVER BELOW MAYFIELD DAM AFFECTING LEWIS 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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS MORNING AT 900 AM PST.
WAC041-151700-
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1251 AM PST MON DEC 15 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...COWLITZ RIVER BELOW MAYFIELD DAM.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 25,000 CFS, THE COWLITZ RIVER WILL FLOOD THE REACH
FROM MAYFIELD DAM DOWNSTREAM THROUGH TOLEDO. FLOOD WATERS WILL
INUNDATE SOME FARMLANDS AND SEVERAL ROADS...MAINLY NEAR TOLEDO.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:45 PM PST SUNDAY THE FLOW WAS 29,000 CFS.
- FLOOD FLOW IS 25,000 CFS.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER FLOW IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 11:45 PM PST SUNDAY WAS 29,100 CFS.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN STEADY AROUND
29,000 CFS.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4646 12260 4642 12278 4639 12290 4639 12300
4650 12280 4655 12260
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