FLOOD STATEMENT

 
 WGUS86 KSEW 240221
 FLSSEW
 FLOOD STATEMENT
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
 621 PM PST MON NOV 23 2009
 
 ...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS ENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
 WASHINGTON...
  
   SKOKOMISH RIVER NEAR POTLATCH AFFECTING MASON COUNTY.
  
 .FLOOD BULLETIN NO. 23
 
 LATEST GAUGE DATA SHOWS THE SKOKOMISH RIVER RECEDING WITH 
 WATER LEVEL BELOW FLOOD STAGE. 
 
 WAC045-240251-
 /O.CAN.KSEW.FL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-091124T1019Z/
 /SRPW1.1.ER.091116T1148Z.091120T1545Z.091123T2130Z.NR/
 621 PM PST MON NOV 23 2009
 
 THE FLOOD WARNING HAS ENDED FOR
   THE SKOKOMISH RIVER NEAR POTLATCH
 * AT  5:45 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.0 FEET. 
 * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.5 FEET. 
 * FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
 * FORECAST...THE RIVER FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  1:30 PM MONDAY EARLY 
   THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL.
 * IMPACT...AT 15.0 FEET...THE SKOKOMISH RIVER WILL LOCALLY SPILL OVER 
   ITS BANKS INTO LOW AREAS OF THE SKOKOMISH VALLEY.
 
 

 
 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 
 DO NOT DRIVE CARS...VANS...OR TRUCKS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...THIS IS 
 THE CAUSE OF MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS IN WASHINGTON. BE ALERT FOR 
 RAPID CHANGES AND MONITOR DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER 
 RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA.
 
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