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Event Details
| Event | Flood |
| -- Flood Cause | Heavy Rain |
| State | WASHINGTON |
| County/Area | MASON |
| WFO | SEW |
| Begin Date | 12/03/2007 03:00:00 PST-8 |
| Begin Range | 2 |
| Begin Azimuth | N |
| Begin Location | POTLATCH |
| Begin Lat/Lon | 47.4/-123.15 |
| End Date | 12/05/2007 19:00:00 PST-8 |
| End Range | 1 |
| End Azimuth | E |
| End Location | POTLATCH |
| End Lat/Lon | 47.37/-123.13 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect | 1/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect | 0/0 |
| Property Damage | 12.00K |
| Crop Damage | 0.00K |
| Episode Narrative | Record flooding occurred on the Chehalis, Skokomish, and Elwha Rivers. In addition to the record flooding, major flooding occurred on the Bogachiel River. Flooding also occurred on the Nooksack, Skagit, Stillaguamish, SF Stillaguamish, Snohomish, Skykomish, Snoqualmie, Puyallup, Deschutes, Nisqually, Skookumchuck, Dungeness Rivers and Issaquah Creek. Significant and damaging urban and small stream flooding occurred in Snohomish, King, Lewis, Thurston, Mason, and Kitsap counties, as 3 to 8 inches of rain fell over the area with the exception of 10 to 20 inches in the Willapa Hills and southern Olympic mountain areas. At least 130 people had to be rescued by helicopter. Two men died as a result of river flooding - one near Winlock in Lewis county and another along the Tahuya river in Mason county. A landslide hit a house and buried a man in his sleep near Hoodsport in Mason county. These events were part of a significant deep Pacific storm system offshore the also initially generated lowland snow in western Washington and later created strong winds in primarily the coastal region and avalanches in the Cascades. |
| Event Narrative | The Skokomish at Potlatch reach a record flood stage of 18.12 feet. Two bridges were washed away, one over the Tahuya River and one over Finch creek. All schools in the county were closed monday. Several roads were closed and a few people were evacuated from their homes. A man was swept away in the Tahuya river. |
Event Fatality Details
| Type | Age | Gender | Fatality Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Not Available | Male | Outside/Open Areas |
All events for this episode:
| Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals: | 3 | 0 | 120.482M | 0.00K | |||||||
| BRINNON | JEFFERSON CO. | WA | 12/02/2007 | 21:00 | PST-8 | Heavy Rain | 0 | 0 | 3.000M | 0.00K | |
| PORT ORCHARD | KITSAP CO. | WA | 12/02/2007 | 21:00 | PST-8 | Heavy Rain | 0 | 0 | 30.000M | 0.00K | |
| DOTY | LEWIS CO. | WA | 12/02/2007 | 23:00 | PST-8 | Flood | 1 | 0 | 50.000M | 0.00K | |
| BOTHELL | KING CO. | WA | 12/03/2007 | 00:00 | PST-8 | Heavy Rain | 0 | 0 | 12.000M | 0.00K | |
| TUMWATER | THURSTON CO. | WA | 12/03/2007 | 00:00 | PST-8 | Heavy Rain | 0 | 0 | 14.000M | 0.00K | |
| CLINTON | ISLAND CO. | WA | 12/03/2007 | 00:00 | PST-8 | Heavy Rain | 0 | 0 | 20.00K | 0.00K | |
| HOOD CANAL AREA (ZONE) | HOOD CANAL AREA (ZONE) | WA | 12/03/2007 | 00:00 | PST-8 | Landslide | 1 | 0 | 500.00K | 0.00K | |
| SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA (ZONE) | SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA (ZONE) | WA | 12/03/2007 | 00:00 | PST-8 | Landslide | 0 | 0 | 200.00K | 0.00K | |
| LYNNWOOD | SNOHOMISH CO. | WA | 12/03/2007 | 00:00 | PST-8 | Heavy Rain | 0 | 0 | 10.000M | 0.00K | |
| POTLATCH | MASON CO. | WA | 12/03/2007 | 03:00 | PST-8 | Flood | 1 | 0 | 12.00K | 0.00K | |
| SOUTHWEST INTERIOR (ZONE) | SOUTHWEST INTERIOR (ZONE) | WA | 12/03/2007 | 07:00 | PST-8 | Landslide | 0 | 0 | 750.00K | 0.00K | |
| Totals: | 3 | 0 | 120.482M | 0.00K |
