Flood Warning
NWS Seattle WA ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until This Afternoon
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...Observed flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity and increased in duration for the following rivers in Washington... Skokomish River At Potlatch affecting Mason County. .Heavy rainfall over the Olympics has ended, but flooding on the Skokomish River will continue into late this morning as the flood crest moves downstream.
What
Moderate flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. This approaches the flood of record.
Where
Skokomish River at Potlatch.
When
Until this afternoon.
Impacts
At 17.5 feet, the Skokomish River will cause moderate flooding, with deep and quick flood waters inundating some residential areas, many roads, and much of the farm land in the Skokomish Valley. Inundated roads include the Skokomish Valley road, Bourgault Road West, Purdy Cutoff Road, and Highway 106.
Additional details
- At 2:30 AM PST Wednesday the stage was 17.6 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 2:30 AM PST Wednesday was 17.7 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage midday and continue falling to near 15.0 feet late tonight. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 17.6 feet on 10/20/2003. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov. The next statement will be issued this afternoon at noon PST.
Affected areas
- Mason County, WA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Seattle WA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~44s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M756G81BRKHPTA5MDFPPP201
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.568116e40631edf6192c77720da3efcfc4cbe192.001.1
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Seattle WA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPSEW
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.9320
- WMO heading
- XOUS56
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 56
References
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLS |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSSEW |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS86 KSEW 111139 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KSEW.FL.W.0036.000000T0000Z-261112T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-11T16:00:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5609965cd082440fb4cc153cfc1f4b8fdc50e756.001.1,2026-11-10T18:05:00-08:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Mason County, WA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 053045 |
| UGC | WAC045 |
- Polygons
- 47.33,-123.1 47.28,-123.16 47.33,-123.33 47.34,-123.25 47.32,-123.19 47.35,-123.15 47.33,-123.1