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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1050 PM PDT FRI MAR 13 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE WA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
CHEHALIS RIVER ABOVE GRAND MOUND AFFECTING GRAYS HARBOR AND
THURSTON COUNTIES.
.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.
WAC027-067-141400-
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/CGMW1.1.ER.260314T0731Z.260315T0600Z.260316T0250Z.NO/
1050 PM PDT FRI MAR 13 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CHEHALIS RIVER ABOVE GRAND MOUND.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 141.0 FEET, THE CHEHALIS RIVER IN THURSTON COUNTY
WILL FLOOD SEVERAL ROADS IN INDEPENDENCE VALLEY INCLUDING JAMES
ROAD, INDEPENDENCE ROAD, AND MOON ROAD. FLOOD WATERS WILL ALSO
COVER NEARBY FARM LANDS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 PM PDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 140.8 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 141.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 142.3 FEET LATE
TOMORROW EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY
EVENING.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4672 12305 4677 12315 4682 12340 4693 12318
4690 12304 4681 12289
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