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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Seattle WA
629 PM PST Sat Dec 21 2024

...The National Weather Service in Seattle WA has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Washington...

  Skokomish River At Potlatch affecting Mason County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 late tonight at 400 AM PST.

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WAC045-221200-
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/SRPW1.1.ER.241222T0351Z.241222T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
629 PM PST Sat Dec 21 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Skokomish River at Potlatch.

* WHEN...From this evening through early Sunday 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 5:30 PM PST Saturday the stage was 16.4 feet.
  - Flood stage is 16.5 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    this evening and continue rising to a crest of 16.6 feet late
    this evening. The river will fall below flood stage again
    Sunday morning.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    16.5 feet on 01/07/2007.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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