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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1201 AM PDT THU MAR 12 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE WA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH AFFECTING MASON COUNTY.
.HEAVY PRECIPITATION OVER THE SOUTH SLOPES OF THE OLYMPICS WEDNESDAY
WILL CAUSE THE SKOKOMISH RIVER TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY
MORNING. THE RIVER WILL DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATER THURSDAY.
PRECIPITATION EARLY NEXT WEEK COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING ON THE
RIVER.
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 MORNING AT 815 AM PDT.
WAC045-121515-
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1201 AM PDT THU MAR 12 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* 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 PM PDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.1 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT
AND CREST AROUND 16.8 FEET THURSDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN
FALL BACK DOWN BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATER THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR
THURSDAY EVENING. THE RIVER COULD RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
AGAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4733 12310 4728 12316 4733 12333 4734 12325
4732 12319 4735 12315
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