958  
WGUS46 KSEW 201859 CCA  
FLWSEW  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA  
1059 AM PST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
WASHINGTON...  
 
SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH AFFECTING MASON COUNTY.  
 
.THE SKOKOMISH RIVER WILL SLOWLY RECEDE AND REMAIN NEAR OR WITHIN  
MINOR FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THIS EVENING.  
 
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 LATE TONIGHT AT 100 AM PST.  
 

 
 
WAC045-210900-  
/O.COR.KSEW.FL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-241226T1151Z/  
/SRPW1.3.ER.241218T0030Z.241218T1715Z.241221T0600Z.NO/  
1059 AM PST FRI DEC 20 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.  
 
* 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 10:30 AM PST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.9 FEET.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.5 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS  
EVENING TO 16.3 FEET. IT WILL THEN RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO 16.7 FEET EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND  
FURTHER RISES ARE POSSIBLE.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4733 12310 4728 12316 4733 12333 4734 12325  
4732 12319 4735 12315  
 

 
 
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