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WGUS46 KSEW 190101
FLWSEW
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
501 PM PST THU DEC 18 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE WA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
COWLITZ RIVER AT RANDLE AFFECTING LEWIS COUNTY.
.RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED TO DRIVE THE
COWLITZ RIVER AT RANDLE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 LATE TONIGHT AT 115 AM PST.
WAC041-190915-
/O.NEW.KSEW.FL.W.0073.251219T1242Z-251220T1456Z/
/RAWW1.1.ER.251219T1242Z.251219T1800Z.251220T0555Z.NO/
501 PM PST THU DEC 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...COWLITZ RIVER AT RANDLE.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, THE COWLITZ RIVER WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING FROM THE VICINITY OF RANDLE DOWNSTREAM THROUGH RIFFE
LAKE...COVERING NEARBY FARM LANDS AND SEVERAL ROADS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:45 PM PST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.9 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 19.7 FEET LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW EVENING.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4645 12180 4645 12194 4640 12219 4654 12220
4659 12198 4661 12183
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