The National Weather service released a high wind warning for gusts up to 57 mph, a flood warning with rain continuing.
Wind Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
407 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013
WAZ504-505-509-512-291915-
/O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0011.130930T0100Z-130930T1200Z/
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-TACOMA AREA-
LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-
407 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR...INCLUDING
THE TACOMA AREA...AND THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT
MONDAY.
* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...TACOMA...OLYMPIA...CENTRALIA...
MONTESANO...RENTON...AND BONNY LAKE.
* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS EVENING
OR WITH THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT.
* WIND...INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 55 MPH THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL TREE
BRANCHES...TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES...AND CAUSE
LOCAL POWER OUTAGES.
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.
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Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCHNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
356 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013
WAC009-027-031-033-035-041-045-053-057-061-067-073-292300-
/O.CON.KSEW.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-130930T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLALLAM-GRAYS HARBOR-JEFFERSON-KING-KITSAP-LEWIS-MASON-PIERCE-
SKAGIT-SNOHOMISH-THURSTON-WHATCOM-
356 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES... GRAYS HARBOR...CLALLAM...JEFFERSON...SKAGIT...
WHATCOM...KING...KITSAP...LEWIS...MASON...PIERCE...SNOHOMISH...
THURSTON.
* THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
* ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN IS
POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. TWO TO JUST OVER FIVE INCHES OF RAIN
FELL IN THE MOUNTAINS ON SATURDAY. THE GREATEST THREAT OF
FLOODING WILL BE ON THE SKOKOMISH RIVER IN MASON COUNTY...THE
PUYALLUP NEAR ORTING IN PIERCE COUNTY AND ON THE NOOKSACK RIVER
IN WHATCOM COUNTY.
* RAIN AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS IN THE LOWLANDS BUT IT IS
STILL LIKELY THAT THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN
MINOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. STORM DRAINS SHOULD BE
CHECKED TO ENSURE THEY ARE NOT CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS.
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.
