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WGUS86 KSEW 302015
FLSSEW
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1215 PM PST FRI JAN 30 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED 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.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS EVENING AT 1000 PM PST.
WAC045-310600-
/O.EXT.KSEW.FL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260201T1107Z/
/SRPW1.1.ER.260129T1650Z.260130T1200Z.260201T0207Z.NO/
1215 PM PST FRI JAN 30 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY 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 11:30 AM PST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.8 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 11:30 AM PST FRIDAY WAS 17.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 16.9 FEET LATE THIS
EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW
AFTERNOON TO 16.2 FEET. THE RIVER MAY REMAIN WITHIN A HALF A
FOOT OF MINOR FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH ADDITIONAL
PERIODS OF RAIN.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4733 12310 4728 12316 4733 12333 4734 12325
4732 12319 4735 12315
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