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WGUS86 KSEW 300539
FLSSEW
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
939 PM PST THU JAN 29 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
WASHINGTON...
SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH AFFECTING MASON COUNTY.
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 LATE TONIGHT AT 545 AM PST.
WAC045-301345-
/O.EXT.KSEW.FL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260131T0215Z/
/SRPW1.1.ER.260129T1650Z.260129T2330Z.260130T1715Z.NO/
939 PM PST THU JAN 29 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING.
* 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 8:30 PM PST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.9 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:30 PM PST THURSDAY WAS 17.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
TOMORROW MORNING TO 15.5 FEET LATE SUNDAY MORNING. IT WILL
THEN RISE TO 15.8 FEET EARLY MONDAY MORNING. IT WILL FALL
AGAIN AND REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4733 12310 4728 12316 4733 12333 4734 12325
4732 12319 4735 12315
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