More water than anyone can remember — at least recently — covered sidewalks in Sequim, which is known more for its sunshine and relative lack of rainfall.
Not so today as wet and windy weather continues to pound the North Olympic Peninsula and all of Western Washington.
Here’s the National Weather Service’s latest advisory for the Peninsula:
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1206 PM PST MON NOV 19 2012
.FLOOD BULLETIN NO. 8.
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THURSTON-ISLAND-LEWIS-SNOHOMISH-MASON-GRAYS HARBOR-PIERCE-
KITSAP-KING-JEFFERSON-CLALLAM-
1206 PM PST MON NOV 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS EXTENDED THE
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING…
ISLAND COUNTY…
CLALLAM COUNTY…
JEFFERSON COUNTY…
KING COUNTY…
KITSAP COUNTY…
LEWIS COUNTY…
MASON COUNTY…
PIERCE COUNTY…
SNOHOMISH COUNTY…
THURSTON COUNTY…
GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY…
* UNTIL 830 PM PST MONDAY.
* AT 1153 AM PST…PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS THE AREA.
IN THE SIX HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 11 AM PST…A HALF TO 1.5 INCHES
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN HAS LED
TO PONDING OF WATER ON NUMEROUS ROADS…LOW LYING AREAS…AND
SOME HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO 1.2 INCHES
OF RAIN IS EXPECTED BY 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. THIS COULD CAUSE
SOME SMALLER STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS AS WELL AS TRIGGER
LANDSLIDES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE
WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
UP IN THE OLYMPICS
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1125 AM PST MON NOV 19 2012
WAZ513-200330-
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OLYMPICS-
1125 AM PST MON NOV 19 2012
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE OLYMPICS ABOVE 5000
FEET UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS
EVENING.
* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…HURRICANE RIDGE.
* TIMING…PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF OR BECOME LIGHTER
LATE TODAY OR EARLY THIS EVENING.
* ACCUMULATIONS…A TOTAL OF 6 TO 11 INCHES.
* MAIN IMPACT…THE ROAD TO HURRICANE RIDGE WILL LIKELY BE CLOSED
DUE TO SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS SUCH AS FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW OCCURRING AT THE SAME
TIME. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT…THE WORD ADVISORY
MEANS THAT LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.
