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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1046 PM PDT FRI MAR 13 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE WA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
SKOOKUMCHUCK RIVER NEAR BUCODA AFFECTING THURSTON COUNTY.
.THIS IS A RE-ISSUANCE OF THE PREVIOUS FLOOD WARNING, BUT UPDATED
WITH THE LATEST FLOOD INFORMATION.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY SATURDAY MORNING AT 700 AM PDT.
WAC067-141400-
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/BCDW1.2.ER.260313T1951Z.260314T1800Z.260315T2245Z.NO/
1046 PM PDT FRI MAR 13 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE SUNDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...SKOOKUMCHUCK RIVER NEAR BUCODA.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 213.0 FEET, THE SKOOKUMCHUCK RIVER IN THURSTON COUNTY
WILL FLOOD SEVERAL RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS AREAS AROUND BUCODA.
FLOOD WATERS WILL COVER MANY ROADS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:45 PM PDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 213.5 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 211.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:45 PM PDT FRIDAY WAS 213.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 214.3
FEET LATE TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4677 12251 4676 12274 4672 12286 4681 12293
4688 12278 4692 12260
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