Full Notification

FLOOD WATCH...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
349 AM PDT TUE MAR 29 2011

..CORRECTED COUNTIES...

..A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN TO THE COAST AND MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY...

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CLALLAM-JEFFERSON-KING-LEWIS-MASON-PIERCE-SKAGIT-SNOHOMISH-
THURSTON-WHATCOM-
349 AM PDT TUE MAR 29 2011

..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CLALLAM...JEFFERSON...SKAGIT...WHATCOM...KING...
LEWIS...MASON...PIERCE...SNOHOMISH...THURSTON....

* FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON

* A WARM FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL SPREAD RAIN INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON
LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE FRONTAL BAND IS EXPECTED TO
STALL OVER THE AREA FOR A 24 TO 48 HOUR PERIOD PRODUCING HEAVY
PRECIPITATION ALONG THE COAST AND MOUNTAINS. FREEZING LEVELS
WILL RISE DRAMATICALLY TO 7000-9000 FEET DURING THE PERIOD
WHICH RAISES THE THREAT OF FLOODING ON SOME RIVERS.

* THE SKOKOMISH RIVER IN MASON COUNTY IS THE RIVER MOST LIKELY TO
FLOOD...POSSIBLY BY LATE WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...48 HOUR RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WILL CAUSE SHARP RISES ON OTHER RIVES
AND MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME ADDITIONAL RIVERS RUNNING OFF THE
CASCADES AND OLYMPICS TO FLOOD.

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.