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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
427 AM PDT SAT MAY 14 2011
...HIGH RIVER FLOWS EXPECTED SUNDAY AND MONDAY...
HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
AND LOCALLY UP TO 3 INCHES FOR A STORM TOTAL. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS
LOOK TO BE IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES. WHILE
NOT TYPICALLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING...IT WILL BE COMING ON TOP OF
THE SPRING MELT OF A MUCH HIGHER THAN NORMAL SNOWPACK. AT THE
LEAST...THIS WILL RESULT IN RIVERS FLOWING OFF THAT PART OF THE
CASCADES TO CREST MUCH HIGHER THAN NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AND
SOME MAY EVEN APPROACH THEIR HIGHEST LEVELS FOR THE DATES. IN
ADDITION...THE WATER WILL BE PART SNOW MELT AND THUS EXTREMELY COLD.
ANYONE PLANNING ON RECREATING IN OR AROUND THE RIVERS THIS WEEKEND
IN TO EARLY NEXT WEEK SHOULD USE CAUTION. HIGH RIVER LEVELS IN MAY
AND JUNE ARE THE TIMES MOST COMMONLY TO HAVE RIVER RECREATION
RELATED FATALITIES.
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