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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
411 PM PST THU DEC 9 2010
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON FROM SATURDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...
.HEAVY RAIN IS COMING TO WESTERN WASHINGTON LATER THIS WEEKEND.
WEATHER MODELS DIFFER IN THE DETAILS BUT IS IS LIKELY THAT HEAVY
RAIN WILL BEGIN SATURDAY NIGHT...CONTINUE SUNDAY...AND END MONDAY.
THE DURATION AND EXACT LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS UNCERTAIN.
HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY...AND IN AMOUNTS LIKELY TO CAUSE
FLOODING ON AT LEAST SOME RIVERS.

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SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-
EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-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-
WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
411 PM PST THU DEC 9 2010
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WA AND NORTHWEST WASHINGTON...
 INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WA...ADMIRALTY INLET AREA...
 CENTRAL COAST...EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS...EASTERN STRAIT OF 
 JUAN DE FUCA...EVERETT AND VICINITY...HOOD CANAL AREA...LOWER 
 CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA...NORTH COAST...OLYMPICS...
 SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA...SOUTHWEST INTERIOR...TACOMA AREA...
 WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES...WEST SLOPES NORTHERN 
 CASCADES AND PASSES...WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY...WESTERN STRAIT 
 OF JUAN DE FUCA AND WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY. IN NORTHWEST 
 WASHINGTON...SAN JUAN COUNTY.
* FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON
* A WARM AND MOIST WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN
  WASHINGTON SATURDAY NIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL AT TIMES. AT
  THIS TIME IT IS UNCERTAIN EXACTLY HOW MUCH RAIN WILL FALL AND
  WHAT PLACES WILL GET THE MOST RAIN. VARIOUS WEATHER MODELS BRING
  HEAVY RAIN TO DIFFERENT PLACES. THEREFORE THE FLOOD WATCH IS FOR
  EVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN WASHINGTON.
* SOME RIVERS SEEM CERTAIN TO FLOOD...INCLUDING THE SKOKOMISH IN
  MASON COUNTY...THE TOLT IN KING COUNTY...AND THE PUYALLUP RIVER
  NEAR ORTING IN PIERCE COUNTY. THE FLOOD POTENTIAL ON OTHER
  RIVERS DEPENDS ON WHERE EXACTLY THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLS. 
* RIVERS FACING AT LEAST A MODERATE THREAT OF FLOODING INCLUDE THE
  SATSOP AND CHEHALIS RIVERS IN LEWIS AND GRAYS HARBOR COUNTIES...
  THE NOOKSACK SKAGIT STILLAGUAMISH AND SNOQUALMIE RIVERS FLOWING
  OFF THE NORTH CASCADES...AND THE DESCHUTES COWLITZ AND
  SKOOKUMCHUCK FLOWING OFF THE CENTRAL CASCADES.
* EVEN SMALL STREAMS COULD OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS IF RAIN IS HEAVY
  ENOUGH. URBAN FLOODING WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR IS ALSO A
  POSSIBILITY. 
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.
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BURKE