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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
151 PM PST WED DEC 17 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE WA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
SKOOKUMCHUCK RIVER NEAR BUCODA AFFECTING THURSTON COUNTY.
.RAINFALL YESTERDAY AND OVERNIGHT WILL DRIVE THE SKOOKUMCHUCK RIVER
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TODAY.
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.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
EVEN 6 INCHES OF FAST-MOVING FLOOD WATER CAN KNOCK YOU OFF YOUR FEET
AND A DEPTH OF 2 FEET WILL FLOAT YOUR CAR. NEVER TRY TO WALK, SWIM,
OR DRIVE THROUGH SUCH SWIFT WATER. IF YOU COME UPON FLOOD WATERS,
STOP, TURN AROUND AND GO ANOTHER WAY.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS EVENING AT 1000 PM PST.
WAC067-180600-
/O.NEW.KSEW.FL.W.0071.251217T2356Z-251220T1310Z/
/BCDW1.1.ER.251217T2356Z.251218T0552Z.251220T0600Z.NO/
151 PM PST WED DEC 17 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SKOOKUMCHUCK RIVER NEAR BUCODA.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 211.5 FEET, THE SKOOKUMCHUCK RIVER IN THURSTON COUNTY
WILL FLOOD A FEW ROADS AND LOW PASTURE LANDS NEAR BUCODA.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:45 PM PST WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 210.5 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 211.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON TO 211.9 FEET LATE THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. IT WILL RISE AGAIN TO
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY MORNING TO 212.0 FEET FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE FRIDAY
EVENING.
- .
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4677 12251 4676 12274 4672 12286 4681 12293
4688 12278 4692 12260
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