The National Weather Service released a flood watch and a special weather statement for heavy rain through Monday.
- Overnight Rain. The rain could be heavy at times. Low around 46. South southwest wind 18 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
- Monday Rain. The rain could be heavy at times. High near 53. Southwest wind 13 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
- Monday Night Rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 45. South southwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming east southeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCHNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1217 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015
WAC009-033-041-045-053-057-061-067-073-051230-
/O.EXT.KSEW.FA.A.0001.150105T0400Z-150106T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLALLAM-KING-LEWIS-MASON-PIERCE-SKAGIT-SNOHOMISH-THURSTON-WHATCOM-
1217 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH
LATE MONDAY NIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...CLALLAM...SKAGIT...WHATCOM...KING...LEWIS...MASON...
PIERCE...SNOHOMISH...THURSTON....
* FROM 8 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT
* THE FLOOD WATCH MOVED UP EARLIER TO 8 PM TONIGHT AS FLOOD MAY
START SOONER ON SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS...AND POSSIBLY THE
TOLT AND PUYALLUP RIVERS AS WELL.
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.
Flood Warning
FLOOD STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
930 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
WASHINGTON...
TOLT RIVER NEAR CARNATION AFFECTING KING COUNTY.
PUYALLUP RIVER NEAR ORTING AFFECTING PIERCE COUNTY.
.FLOOD BULLETIN NO. 2
CENTRAL WEST REGION
A WARMER AIR MASS IS MOVING INTO THE CASCADES TONIGHT. SNOW
LEVELS...WHICH WERE NEAR OR BELOW PASS LEVELS WILL RISE TO AS HIGH
AS 8500 FEET OVERNIGHT. HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT
INTO MONDAY WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES OF ADDITION PRECIPITATION EXPECTED
FOR THE 24 HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 4 PM ON MONDAY. THIS AMOUNT OF
RAIN WILL DRIVE THE TOLT AND PUYALLUP RIVERS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
MONDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE CARS...VANS...OR TRUCKS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...THIS IS
THE CAUSE OF MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS IN WASHINGTON. BE ALERT FOR
RAPID CHANGES AND MONITOR DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA.
&&
WAC033-051330-
/O.EXT.KSEW.FL.W.0001.150105T0853Z-150106T1401Z/
/TOLW1.3.ER.150105T0853Z.150105T1800Z.150106T0501Z.NO/
930 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE TOLT RIVER NEAR CARNATION
* FROM 1 AM MONDAY UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.
* AT 7:15 PM SUNDAY THE FLOW WAS 883 CFS.
* FLOOD FLOW IS 5000 CFS.
* MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD FLOW AROUND 2 AM MONDAY
AND CREST NEAR 10500 CFS AROUND 10 AM MONDAY. THE RIVER WILL FALL
BELOW FLOOD FLOW MONDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 8500 CFS...THE TOLT RIVER WILL CAUSE MAJOR FLOODING.
DEEP AND QUICK FLOOD WATERS WILL COVER ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS...
CUTTING OFF ACCESS TO MANY HOMES. LEVEES MAY OVERTOP AND CHANNEL
CHANGES MAY OCCUR. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALL ALONG THE RIVER
INCLUDING HEADWATERS...TRIBUTARIES...AND OTHER STREAMS WITHIN AND
NEAR THE TOLT RIVER BASIN. THIS RIVER LEVEL ON THE TOLT
CORRESPONDS TO A PHASE 4 FLOOD IN THE KING COUNTY FLOOD SYSTEM.
&&
LAT...LON 4768 12176 4761 12185 4761 12194 4767 12196 4771 12189
4774 12184
$$
Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
409 AM PST SUN JAN 4 2015
WAZ001-503-504-506-507-509>517-555-556-558-559-567>569-051215-
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-
WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY-TACOMA AREA-
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-
OLYMPICS-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-BELLEVUE AND VICINITY-
SEATTLE AND VICINITY-BREMERTON AND VICINITY-
CASCADES OF WHATCOM AND SKAGIT COUNTIES-
CASCADES OF SNOHOMISH AND KING COUNTIES-
CASCADES OF PIERCE AND LEWIS COUNTIES-
409 AM PST SUN JAN 4 2015
...HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY THROUGH MONDAY WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED
RISK OF LANDSLIDES IN WESTERN WASHINGTON...
HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER PARTS OF
THE WESTERN WASHINGTON LOWLANDS TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. THIS AMOUNT
OF RAIN WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK OF LANDSLIDES.
RECENT CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN GENERALLY DRY...HOWEVER THE PREDICTED RAINFALL
BY ITSELF WILL BE ENOUGH TO RAISE THE LANDSLIDE RISE TO MODERATE.
RAINFALL INDUCED LANDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE HEAVY RAIN
TONIGHT AND MONDAY. A GRADUALLY DIMINISHING RISK OF LANDSLIDES
WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE RAIN ENDS. AREAS MOST
SUSCEPTIBLE TO LANDSLIDES UNDER THESE CONDITIONS ARE STEEP COASTAL
BLUFFS AND OTHER STEEP HILLSIDES.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CURRENT CONDITIONS...VISIT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE...SELECT LOCAL HYDRO INFO...AND THEN SCROLL
DOWN FOR THE LINKS TO THE LANDSLIDE THREAT PAGES.
TO REPORT LANDSLIDES TO THE STATE FOR TABULATION...GO TO THE
SHALLOW LANDSLIDE HAZARD MAP PAGE AND CLICK ON THE REPORT A
LANDSLIDE LINK. A LINK TO THE SHALLOW LANDSLIDE HAZARD MAP CAN
BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE...SELECT LOCAL HYDRO INFO...
AND THEN SCROLL DOWN TO THE WASHINGTON STATE LANDSLIDE SHALLOW
LANDSLIDE THREAT LINK.
