978  
WGUS86 KSEW 210612  
FLSSEW  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA  
1012 PM 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 THE WEEKEND.  
 
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 BY SATURDAY MORNING AT 945 AM PST.  
 

 
 
WAC045-211745-  
/O.EXT.KSEW.FL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-241221T1732Z/  
/SRPW1.3.ER.241218T0030Z.241218T1715Z.241221T0832Z.NO/  
1012 PM PST FRI DEC 20 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...SKOKOMISH RIVER AT POTLATCH.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE 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 9:30 PM PST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.6 FEET.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.5 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 9:30 PM PST FRIDAY WAS 17.1 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL SLIGHTLY BELOW FLOOD  
STAGE SATURDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL REMAIN NEAR FLOOD  
STAGE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

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

 
 
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