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WAC009-027-045-057-061-073-172141-
 
HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
841 AM PDT SAT OCT 17 2009
...HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED SHARP RISES ON RIVERS IN THE OLYMPICS AND
NORTH CASCADES...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS HAVE REACHED 3.00 TO 4.50 
INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN OLYMPICS AND 2.50 TO 5.00 INCHES OVER THE 
NORTHERN CASCADES.  THIS RAIN HAS CAUSED SHARP RISES IN SEVERL 
RIVERS THIS MORNING...NAMELY THE SKOKOMISH RIVER IN THE OLYMPICS AND 
THE SOUTH FORK OF THE NOOKSACK RIVER IN THE NORTH CASCADES. 
FOR THE SKOKOMISH RIVER...THE HEAVY RAIN IS ONLY EXPECTED TO LAST
ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS WITH INTERMITTANT BREAKS BEFORE IT TAPERS
OFF LATE THIS MORNING.  AT 8 AM THIS MORNING THE RIVER WAS AT 15.1
FEET AT POTLATCH.  AT THIS POINT THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST A
BIT ABOVE 15.5 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...A LITTLE BELOW FLOOD STAGE.  
THE SOUTH FORK OF THE NOOKSACK IS RESPONDING TO HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL
OVERNIGHT AND IS NEAR 7.0 FEET AT 8 AM THIS MORNING AT SAXON BRIDGE. 
CONTINUED HEAVY RAINS WILL DRIVE THIS RIVER TO NEAR BANKFULL LATER
THIS MORNING.  
BOTH OF THESE RIVERS WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY AS WELL AS OTHER
RIVERS IN THE NORTH CASCADES AND SOUT-SOUTHWEST OLYMPICS.  MONITOR
WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER NEWS SOURCES FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS
LATER THIS MORNING.  
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CERNIGLIA