449  
WGUS66 KSEW 191227  
FFASEW  
 
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA  
427 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2025  
 
WAC027-033-041-053-067-200130-  
/O.CON.KSEW.FA.A.0013.000000T0000Z-251220T1800Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
GRAYS HARBOR-KING-LEWIS-PIERCE-THURSTON-  
INCLUDING OLYMPIA, HOQUIAM, FORDS PRAIRIE, TACOMA, SEATTLE,  
LACEY, CHEHALIS, TUMWATER, AND ABERDEEN  
427 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2025  
   
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON,  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN NORTHWEST WASHINGTON, GRAYS  
HARBOR. IN WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON, KING, LEWIS, PIERCE AND  
THURSTON.  
 
* WHEN...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR  
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. STORM DRAINS AND DITCHES MAY  
BECOME CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS. AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE RUNNING  
HIGH AND COULD FLOOD WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- RAINFALL FROM YESTERDAY AS WELL AS EXPECTED SHOWERS TODAY  
WILL ALLOW FOR CONTINUED REACTIONS AND POSSIBLE RISES ON AREA  
RIVERS. ADDITIONALLY, THOSE RIVERS THAT ARE SEEING WATERS  
RECEDE MAY SEE THE RATE AT WHICH THESE WATERS FALL SLOW DOWN.  
THIS WILL ALLOW FOR POTENTIAL FLOODING TO CONTINUE INTO THE  
WEEKEND.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD  
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED  
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.  
 
 
 
 
 
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