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WGUS86 KSEW 292208
FLSSEW
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
208 PM PST THU JAN 29 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
WASHINGTON...
SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH AFFECTING MASON COUNTY.
.A SERIES OF SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF RAIN TO THE
OLYMPIC PENINSULA INTO FRIDAY.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS EVENING AT 1015 PM PST.
WAC045-300615-
/O.EXT.KSEW.FL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260131T1540Z/
/SRPW1.1.ER.260129T1650Z.260130T0000Z.260131T0640Z.NO/
208 PM PST THU JAN 29 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH.
* WHEN...UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.5 FEET, THE SKOKOMISH RIVER WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD
FLOODING OF PASTURE LANDS, WITH WATER FLOWING QUICKLY OVER WEST
BOURGAULT ROAD AND SKOKOMISH VALLEY ROAD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:30 PM PST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.0 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 1:30 PM PST THURSDAY WAS 17.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 17.1 FEET LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 16.0 FEET LATE TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL
RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TO 16.6 FEET LATE TOMORROW EVENING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AGAIN LATE TOMORROW EVENING
TO 15.4 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL RISE TO 15.5 FEET
EARLY MONDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL AGAIN AND REMAIN
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
17.1 FEET ON 12/13/1998.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4733 12310 4728 12316 4733 12333 4734 12325
4732 12319 4735 12315
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