FLOOD WARNING

 
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 BULLETIN
 FLOOD WARNING
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
 841 PM PST THU NOV 19 2009
 
 .FLOOD BULLETIN NO. 7
 
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 JEFFERSON-CLALLAM-
 841 PM PST THU NOV 19 2009
 
 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A
 
 * FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN...
   CLALLAM COUNTY...
   JEFFERSON COUNTY...
 
 * UNTIL 230 PM PST FRIDAY.
 
 * AT 830 PM PST HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA... 
 AND RIVERS AND SMALL STREAMS FLOWING OUT OF THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS 
 WERE RISING QUICKLY ONCE AGAIN.
 
 AT 8 PM OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE HOH RIVER 
 IN WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY WAS FLOODING CAMPGROUNDS AND ROADS. 
 SIMILAR FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR...OR ALREADY OCCURRING...ON SOME 
 OF THE OTHER NUMEROUS RIVERS FLOWING OUT OF THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS. 
 A FLOOD WARNING IS ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR THE BOGACHIEL AND DUNGENESS 
 RIVERS.
 
 THE HEAVIEST PERIOD OF RAINFALL WILL END LATER THIS EVENING...AND 
 MOST OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA RIVERS WILL CREST DURING THE EARLY 
 MORNING HOURS FRIDAY...WITH FLOOD WATERS RECEDING DURING THE MORNING 
 AND EARLY AFTERNOON. 
 
 A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
 ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.
 
 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 
 RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS COULD TRIGGER LANDSLIDES AND DEBRIS
 FLOWS.
 
 BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
 DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
 HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
 FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
 DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
 ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
 SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
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