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WGUS46 KSEW 190610
FLWSEW
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1010 PM PST THU DEC 18 2025
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH AFFECTING MASON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS
OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES,
DIPS, OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM,
EVEN A SMALL ONE, ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER FIND ANOTHER ROUTE
OVER HIGHER GROUND.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY FRIDAY MORNING AT 615 AM PST.
WAC045-191415-
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1010 PM PST THU DEC 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 17.5 FEET, THE SKOKOMISH RIVER WILL CAUSE MODERATE
FLOODING, WITH DEEP AND QUICK FLOOD WATERS INUNDATING SOME
RESIDENTIAL AREAS, MANY ROADS, AND MUCH OF THE FARM LAND IN THE
SKOKOMISH VALLEY. INUNDATED ROADS INCLUDE THE SKOKOMISH VALLEY
ROAD, BOURGAULT ROAD WEST, PURDY CUTOFF ROAD, AND HIGHWAY 106.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:30 PM PST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.5 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:30 PM PST THURSDAY WAS 17.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FLUCTUATE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WITH A
MAXIMUM VALUE OF 17.5 FEET LATE TONIGHT. IT WILL FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW NIGHT AND CONTINUE TO FALL.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4733 12310 4728 12316 4733 12333 4734 12325
4732 12319 4735 12315
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