BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH BULLETIN NO. 1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
230 PM PST SUN NOV 17 2002
230 PM PST SUN NOV 17 2002
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR MONDAY
NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR RIVERS ON THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA...THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE AFFECTED...
CLALLAM.
JEFFERSON.
GRAYS HARBOR.
MASON.
...ALSO...THE LOWER SKAGIT RIVER IS OF CONCERN IN THE AREA AROUND
MOUNT VERNON IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
SKAGIT.
.RAIN WILL FALL...HEAVY AT TIMES...OVER THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS AND
NORTH CASCADES BEGINNING MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY.
A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL RAISE FREEZING
LEVELS ABOVE 6000 FEET. STRONG WESTERLY FLOW WILL GIVE ADDED LIFT TO
THE MOIST AIR AND CAUSE THE HEAVIEST RAIN ON THE WINDWARD SLOPES OF
THE OLYMPICS AND NORTH CASCADES.
RIVER FLOODING COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS LATE MONDAY NIGHT. THE RIVERS
WITHIN THE FLOOD WATCH AREA THAT FACE THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLOODING
INCLUDE THE SKOKOMISH...SATSOP...AND ELWHA. OTHER RIVERS ON THE
OLYMPIC PENINSULA...WITHOUT FORMAL FORECAST POINTS...COULD ALSO RISE
OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING PROBLEMS.
IN ADDITION...THE SKAGIT RIVER NEAR MOUNT VERNON IS OF CONCERN. IT IS
UNLIKELY THE RIVER WILL RISE TO ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 28 FEET THERE...
BUT IT COULD RISE TO 22 OR 23 FEET. BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA
WOULD BE AFFECTED BY A RIVER RISE TO 22 FEET.
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT CERTAIN.
IF YOU LIVE ALONG A FLOOD PRONE RIVER IN THE FLOOD WATCH AREA...BE
READY TO ACT IF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES A FLOOD WARNING.
BURKE
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