URGENT: Flood, wind warnings issued for North Olympic Peninsula
Published 12:01 am Monday, November 16, 2009
The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued flood warnings and high-wind warnings for the North Olympic Peninsula.
Here are the warnings:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN…
CLALLAM COUNTY…
JEFFERSON COUNTY…
MASON COUNTY…
GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY…
* UNTIL 1115 PM PST TUESDAY.
* AT 1117 AM PST HEAVY RAIN OVER THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS WILL CAUSE
WIDESPREAD HIGH WATER…INCLUDING FLOODING…ON SMALL STREAMS AND
RIVERS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER…ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS COULD TRIGGER LANDSLIDES AND DEBRIS
FLOWS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING TO SHOWERS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. RIVERS
WILL REMAIN HIGH…IN SOME CASES FLOODING ADJACENT AREAS…THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
In addition . . .
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1218 PM PST MON NOV 16 2009
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-
1218 PM PST MON NOV 16 2009
…HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST
TUESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST
TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING FROM THIS MORNING [which covered a larger area of the North Olympic Peninsula than just East Jefferson County] HAS EXPIRED. THE
HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
ANOTHER PERIOD OF DAMAGING WINDS IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING AS A DEEP SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVES NORTHEAST
INTO VANCOUVER ISLAND. WIDESPREAD WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT
OR OCCURRING. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES…DOWN POWER LINES…AND
DESTROY PROPERTY.
