FLOOD WATCH Issue Date: 507 AM PST THU NOV 26 2009 Expiration: 1000 AM PST FRI NOV 27 2009 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...GRAYS HARBOR...CLALLAM...JEFFERSON...SKAGIT...
WHATCOM...KING...LEWIS...MASON...PIERCE...SNOHOMISH...AND
THURSTON.
* THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
* RAIN WILL DECREASE FROM THE NORTH DURING THE DAY TODAY. BY THIS
EVENING THE MAIN RAIN BAND WILL BE OVER PIERCE...THURSTON...AND
LEWIS COUNTIES...WHERE UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY TO FALL
BY THE END OF THE DAY. THE NOOKSACK RIVER IN WHATCOM COUNTY AND
THE SKOKOMISH RIVER IN MASON COUNTY HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR
FLOODING TODAY.
* RAIN...LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...THIS MORNING FROM KING COUNTY
SOUTHWARD WILL RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AS WELL AS
CAUSE SMALL STREAMS OR CREEKS TO RUN HIGHER THAN NORMAL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
THE CURRENT FORECASTS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
MONITOR FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES OR WARNINGS.
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