Flood Warning
NWS Seattle WA ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Now In Effect Until This Evening
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Washington... Skokomish River At Potlatch affecting Mason County.
What
Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
Where
Skokomish River at Potlatch.
When
Until this evening.
Impacts
At 16.5 feet, the Skokomish River will cause widespread flooding of pasture lands, with water flowing quickly over West Bourgault Road and Skokomish Valley Road.
Additional details
- At 10:30 AM PST Wednesday the stage was 17.1 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 10:30 AM PST Wednesday was 17.7 feet. - Forecast...The river will fall below flood stage late this afternoon to 14.3 feet late tonight. It will then rise to 14.4 feet late tomorrow morning. It will fall to 14.1 feet late tomorrow evening. It will then rise above flood stage Friday afternoon to 17.4 feet late Saturday morning. It will fall again but remain above flood stage. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 17.3 feet on 03/06/2014. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov. The next statement will be issued this evening at 1000 PM PST.
Affected areas
- Mason County, WA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Seattle WA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~42s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M761EKVDC7HTF4WRN6MZYG8K
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2c656d3083f49dc4b79f56dae887365da48df9bd.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.2427
- WMO heading
- XOUS56
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 56
References
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLS |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSSEW |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS86 KSEW 111930 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KSEW.FL.W.0036.000000T0000Z-261112T0600Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-11T22:00:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4835cee124b4d700dba373eb190cec114e85bf46.001.1,2026-11-10T22:02:00-08:00 [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