The Flood Warning continues for the Skokomish River near Potlatch * until late Monday night. * At 3:45 am Sunday the stage was 16.8 feet. * Flood stage is 16.5 feet. * Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * Forecast... the river has crested and will continue to fall to below flood stage Monday evening. * Impact... at 16.5 feet... the Skokomish River will cause widespread flooding of pasture lands... with water flowing quickly over east bourgault Road and Skokomish Valley Road.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
Do not drive cars... vans... or trucks through flooded areas. This is the cause of most flood related deaths in Washington.
Wind Advisory
Statement as of 4:31 AM PST on November 22, 2009
... Wind Advisory in effect until 10 am PST this morning... ... High Wind Warning is cancelled...
The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a Wind Advisory... which is in effect until 10 am PST this morning. The High Wind Warning has been cancelled.
Windy conditions will prevail across the southwest interior and lower Chehalis valley this morning... but winds will not be as strong as previously expected. Thus the High Wind Warning has been downgraded to a Wind Advisory.
Westerly winds will rise to 20 to 35 mph this morning with local gusts to 50 mph. It will be a relatively brief event with winds easing by late morning.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A Wind Advisory is issued when sustained winds of 30 to 39 mph or gusts of 45 to 57 mph are likely. Winds this strong can snap small tree branches... topple small or shallow-rooted trees... and cause local power outages.