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WGUS46 KSEW 191537
FLWSEW
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
737 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2025
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
COWLITZ RIVER AT RANDLE AFFECTING LEWIS COUNTY.
.RAINFALL FROM THURSDAY WILL CONTINUE TO FUEL RISES IN RIVER LEVELS
FRIDAY. RIVER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE WEEKEND.
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.
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.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS AFTERNOON AT 345 PM PST.
WAC041-192345-
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/RAWW1.2.ER.251219T1020Z.251219T1800Z.251220T0552Z.NO/
737 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...COWLITZ RIVER AT RANDLE.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, THE COWLITZ RIVER WILL CAUSE FLOODING FROM
THE VICINITY OF RANDLE DOWNSTREAM THROUGH RIFFE LAKE...INUNDATING
MANY ROADS INCLUDING US HIGHWAY 12 AND MUCH OF THE FARM LANDS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:30 AM PST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.7 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:30 AM PST FRIDAY WAS 19.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 20.0
FEET LATE THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
19.8 FEET ON 10/31/1997.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4645 12180 4645 12194 4640 12219 4654 12220
4659 12198 4661 12183
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