545  
WGUS86 KSEW 031721  
FLSSEW  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA  
921 AM PST TUE FEB 3 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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 AFTERNOON AT 400 PM PST.  
 
 
 
WAC045-040000-  
/O.CON.KSEW.FL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-260203T2356Z/  
/SRPW1.1.ER.260202T1945Z.260203T0400Z.260203T1515Z.NO/  
921 AM PST TUE FEB 3 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS CURRENTLY OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, THE SKOKOMISH RIVER WILL LOCALLY SPILL  
OVER ITS BANKS INTO LOW-LYING AREAS OF THE SKOKOMISH VALLEY.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:30 AM PST TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.5 FEET.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.5 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
THIS MORNING, REACHING 15.9 FEET LATE MONDAY EVENING.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4733 12310 4728 12316 4733 12333 4734 12325  
4732 12319 4735 12315  
 
 
 
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