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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
430 AM PST SUN DEC 12 2010

..FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

.THE EPISODE OF HEAVY RAIN AND HIGH SNOW LEVELS THAT BEGAN
SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TODAY. RAIN WILL GRADUALLY
DECREASE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE REGION.

NUMEROUS FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ALREADY...AS WELL AS A FLOOD
ADVISORY FOR SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA.

ALL RIVERS WILL RISE SHARPLY...AND A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT IN ALL COUNTIES FOR RIVERS THAT ARE NOT YET UNDER A
WARNING...AND FOR THE POSSIBILITY THAT SMALL STREAM AND URBAN
FLOODING COULD BECOME SERIOUS ENOUGH TO WARRANT A WARNING.

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CLALLAM-GRAYS HARBOR-ISLAND-JEFFERSON-KING-KITSAP-LEWIS-MASON-
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430 AM PST SUN DEC 12 2010

..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...GRAYS HARBOR...CLALLAM...ISLAND...JEFFERSON...SAN
JUAN...SKAGIT...WHATCOM...KING...KITSAP...LEWIS...MASON...
PIERCE...SNOHOMISH...THURSTON.

* THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON

* HEAVY RAIN...ACCOMPANIED BY SNOW LEVELS AROUND 8000 FEET...WILL
CONTINUE TODAY. RAINFALL WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TONIGHT AS A
COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...AND THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL TO
AROUND 4500 FEET LATE TONIGHT. STORM TOTALS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE
LIKELY FOR THE WESTERN WASHINGTON LOWLANDS...WITH 4 TO 9 INCHES
OVER THE MOUNTAINS. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EVERY
COUNTY IN WESTERN WASHINGTON.

* MANY RIVERS ARE ALREADY UNDER FLOOD WARNINGS...AND THERE IS A
POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ON OTHER RIVERS ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA.

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.