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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
952 AM PST SUN NOV 15 2015


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WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-
EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
NORTH COAST-
952 AM PST SUN NOV 15 2015

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF NORTHWEST WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...ADMIRALTY INLET AREA...EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA... 
  NORTH COAST...WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA AND WESTERN WHATCOM 
  COUNTY. 

* FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

* ANOTHER MILD AND WET SYSTEM MAY BRING MORE HEAVY RAIN TO THE 
  OLYMPICS AND CASCADES. THE HEAVY RAIN IS FORECAST TO BEGIN ON THE 
  OLYMPICS MONDAY NIGHT AND THE CASCADES ON TUESDAY. RAINFALL 
  AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY 10 TO 13 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE 
  IN THE MOUNTAINS BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 

* DUE TO THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS AND EXISTING FLOODING...IT IS 
  UNLIKELY THAT THE RIVERS WILL RECEDE TO NORMAL LEVELS BY THE TIME 
  THE NEXT SYSTEM ARRIVES. THE SATURATED SOILS WILL RESULT IN MORE 
  RAPID RUNOFF. MANY RIVERS COULD FLOOD AND SOME RIVERS MAY RISE 
  HIGHER THAN WHAT THEY DID DURING THIS RECENT HEAVY RAIN EVENT. 

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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JBB