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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
149 PM PST SAT FEB 16 2019
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SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-
WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY-TACOMA AREA-
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-
EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-
BELLEVUE AND VICINITY-SEATTLE AND VICINITY-BREMERTON AND VICINITY-
149 PM PST SAT FEB 16 2019
...SNOW MELT AND SOME RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO AN INCREASED
THREAT OF LANDSLIDES IN WESTERN WASHINGTON THROUGH SUNDAY...
THERE IS A CONTINUED THREAT OF LANDSLIDES FOR THE LOWLANDS OF
WESTERN WASHINGTON AT ELEVATIONS BELOW ABOUT 1500 FEET THROUGH
SUNDAY.
PRECIPITATION COMBINED WITH MELTING SNOW HAS SATURATED THE SOIL,
AND HAS INCREASED THE THREAT FOR LANDSLIDES AT ELEVATIONS BELOW
1500 FEET. MELTING SNOW IS VERY EFFICIENT AT INCREASING SOIL
MOISTURE AND IS NOT WELL REPRESENTED IN THE LANDSLIDE INDICES. THE
THREAT WILL DECREASE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY AS DRIER AND COOLER
AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CURRENT CONDITIONS, VISIT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE, SELECT HYDROLOGY, AND THEN SCROLL DOWN
FOR THE LINKS TO THE LANDSLIDE INFORMATION PAGE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT LANDSLIDES, VISIT THE WEBSITE FOR THE
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES LANDSLIDE GEOLOGIC
HAZARDS AT: HTTP://BIT.LY/2MTA3WN
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
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