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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
646 AM PST THU JAN 29 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.
.A SERIES OF SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF RAIN TO THE
OLYMPIC PENINSULA TODAY AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY. RAIN WILL PUSH THE
SKOKOMISH RIVER INTO FLOOD STAGE LATER THIS MORNING.
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 AFTERNOON AT 300 PM PST.
WAC045-292300-
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/SRPW1.1.ER.260129T1714Z.260130T0000Z.260130T0353Z.NO/
646 AM PST THU JAN 29 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* 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 5:30 AM PST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.9 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
MORNING AND CREST AROUND 16.9 FEET LATER THIS AFTERNOON. IT
WILL THEN RECEDE, FALLING BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
EVENING. THE RIVER MAY HOVER WITHIN HALF A FOOT OF 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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