Last Update – Emergency.org Bulletin #22

This will be our last update on the current flooding and storm. We all know it’s here and we all know we have to deal with it. Right? We have been through this before.

Thanks to everybody once again (the folks that sandbagged and David Cameron for his input on a previous post).

If anything of imminent danger comes our way, we will post that and send it via News As It Happens to our subscribers.

Thanks again.

FLOOD BULLETIN NO. 22

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856 PM PST WED NOV 12 2008

THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN SEATTLE HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN THE FOLLOWING WESTERN WA
COUNTIES.
KING COUNTY.
LEWIS COUNTY.
MASON COUNTY.
PIERCE COUNTY.
SNOHOMISH COUNTY.

* UNTIL 900 AM PST THURSDAY.

* AT 854 PM PST MAJOR FLOODING CONTINUES ON SEVERAL RIVERS IN
KING.SNOHOMISH.LEWIS.& PIERCE COUNTIES.

FLOODING WILL OCCUR ON STREAMS & TRIBUTARIES THAT DRAIN INTO THE
RIVERS EXPERIENCING MAJOR FLOODING IN THE ABOVE COUNTIES.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW & FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER.ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE.TURN AROUND.DONT DROWN.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS & STREAMS.& PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS.
HIGHWAYS.STREETS & UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS & LOW LYING SPOTS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS & STREAMS.& PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS & STREAMS.

LAT.LON 4674 12300 4676 12219 4737 12265 4722 12270
4736 12282 4721 12285 4713 12345 4758 12349
4740 12312 4742 12243 4740 12238 4732 12257
4727 12243 4824 12230 4826 12100 4771 12106
4736 12145 4644 12143 4640 12331 4640 12332

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ALBRECHT
WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE