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WAC033-041-053-152231-
 
HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
331 AM PDT SUN MAY 15 2011
...HIGH RIVER FLOWS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES FELL OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN CASCADES AND NEARBY LOWLANDS. ANOTHER BAND OF MOISTURE
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE UP FROM THE SOUTH THIS MORNING BRINGING
ADDITIONAL RAIN TO THE AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
COULD LOCALLY EXCEED 3 INCHES ACROSS THE CASCADES OF
KING...PIERCE...AND LEWIS COUNTIES.  THESE AMOUNTS WILL BE UNUSUALLY
HIGH FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME SNOW MELT ADDING
TO RUNOFF IN THE HIGHER BASINS. RIVERS FROM ABOUT THE SNOQUALMIE
RIVER SOUTH WILL EXPERIENCE SHARP RISES TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE TO
RUN HIGH INTO MONDAY.
THE THREAT OF RIVER FLOODING APPEARS LOW. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND SNOW
MELT DO NOT APPEAR TO BE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLOODING. HOWEVER SOME
RIVERS WILL RUN CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN NORMAL...PARTICULARLY THE
SNOQUALMIE...PUYALLUP...AND GREEN RIVER ABOVE AUBURN. OTHER RIVERS
AND AREA STREAMS WILL RUN HIGH AS WELL. THE WATER WILL BE COLD SO
ANYBODY WHO PLANS TO RECREATE IN OR AROUND RIVERS OR STREAMS SHOULD
USE EXTREME CAUTION.
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MERCER