FLUS46 KSEW 052226 HWOSEW HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 326 PM PDT THU SEP 5 2013 WAZ001-503>519-060715- SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-OLYMPICS- EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES- WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- 326 PM PDT THU SEP 5 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF WESTERN WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR... ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE OLYMPIC RANGE THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING AS WELL AS MUD OR ROCK SLIDES IN STEEP MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE INTENSE RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD ANYWHERE ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS IN THE CENTRAL CASCADES THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE INTERIOR THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ABOUT A HALF TO ONE INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY FRIDAY OVER THE INTERIOR. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER WILL BECOME LOW FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. $$ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE