Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
314 PM PST SUN DEC 7 2014

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314 PM PST SUN DEC 7 2014

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF WESTERN WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING COUNTY...MASON.

* FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST
  THROUGH WEDNESDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
  SIGNIFICANT. ABOUT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN
  THE SKOKOMISH BASIN BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT...WITH ANOTHER 4.5 TO
  7.5 INCHES EXPECTED DURING THE TWO DAY PERIOD ENDING AT 4 AM PST
  THURSDAY. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL COULD RESULT IN MAJOR
  FLOODING ON THE SKOKOMISH RIVER AT SOME POINT TUESDAY. THE RIVER
  IS ANTICIPATED TO REACH FLOOD STAGE OR 16.5 FEET LATE MONDAY
  NIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING BUT
FLOODING IS NOT IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND BE READY TO ACT
QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

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