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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1159 AM PDT MON MAY 04 2009
...STORM WILL DRIVE WESTERN WASHINGTON RIVERS ABOVE NORMAL...
HIGH RUNNING STREAMS WILL BE AN ISSUE FOR RECREATION IN AND AROUND
RIVERS FLOWING OFF OF THE CASCADES AND ESPECIALLY THE OLYMPICS. 
RAIN HAS ALREADY BEGUN ON THE COAST AND WILL SPREAD INTO THE 
SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN INTO THE CASCADES LATE THIS 
AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE IS DECENT PRECIPITABLE WATER 
IN SATELLITE IMAGERY...1.5 INCHES OR SO. THIS SHOULD BE A SOAKING 
RAIN FOR THE COAST...MOUNTAINS...AND SOUTHWEST WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
RAIN IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. RAIN CHANGES TO SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT OR
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  THIS WILL
DRIVE RIVERS TO ABOVE NORMAL WITH MANY NEAR DAILY RECORDS.  THERE IS
LITTLE FLOOD THREAT AT THIS TIME FROM THESE STORMS ALTHOUGH THE
SKOKOMISH BEARS WATCHING.  
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WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
JBB