Meeting Reminder - Laurel

Remember- The Thursday December 13 RACES monthly meeting (and future monthly meetings on the second Thursday of each month at 7 PM) is at the Laurel fire station. The fire station sits a couple hundred feet east of Guide Meridian right between the Laurel and Hemmi Roads.

PARKING: Under NO circumstances block the blue overhead doors or driveway- This is a working fire station. You may park perpendicular to the wide blacktop access driveway along the south edge. If you open the sat-map below in a new window, you can zoom in to see the layout.


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Flood Warning 0628 12-3-07

FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
628 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007

.FLOOD BULLETIN NO. 8.

WAC009-027-031-033-035-041-045-053-057-061-067-073-040230-
/X.NEW.KSEW.FA.W.0003.071203T1428Z-071204T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
THURSTON-GRAYS HARBOR-PIERCE-MASON-KING-KITSAP-JEFFERSON-CLALLAM-
SNOHOMISH-SKAGIT-WHATCOM-LEWIS-
628 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN THE FOLLOWING
 WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES..
 CLALLAM COUNTY..
 JEFFERSON COUNTY..
 WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY..
 WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY..
 KITSAP COUNTY..
 LEWIS COUNTY..
 MASON COUNTY..
 THURSTON COUNTY..
 WESTERN KING COUNTY..
 WESTERN PIERCE COUNTY..
 WESTERN SNOHOMISH COUNTY..
 GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY..

* UNTIL 630 PM PST MONDAY.

* AT 628 AM VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING ACROSS ACROSS WESTERN
WASHINGTON. AT 4 AM SEATTLE TACOMA AIRPORT REPORTED 1.72 INCHES IN
THE LAST SIX HOURS. SHELTON REPORTED 3.03 INCHES DURING THE SAME
TIME FRAME. ADDING TO THE SITUATION...THERE WAS SNOW ON THE GROUND
IN SOME PLACES WHEN THE RAIN BEGAN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. WITH MORE
RAIN ON THE WAY TODAY EXPECT URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING TO
OCCUR.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS..
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

LAT...LON 4899 12155 4638 12202 4636 12333 4680 12337
     4680 12410 4692 12413 4695 12389 4695 12414
     4835 12474 4818 12411 4813 12277 4765 12247
     4801 12218 4848 12263 4863 12268 4859 12246
     4860 12246 4876 12254 4867 12270 4899 12281
TIME...MOT...LOC 1428Z 180DEG 0KT 4764 12250

$$

STAFF
WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE

Flood Watch Dec 3-5

Flood Watch

WAZ012 (?), WAZ013 (?), WAZ014 (?), WAZ015 (?) (Washington)

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
432 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF WESTERN WASHINGTON...
.HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT AND MONDAY WILL CAUSE RIVERS TO RISE
DRAMATICALLY...WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE ON RIVERS THROUGHOUT WESTERN
WASHINGTON.
WAC009-027-031-033-041-045-053-057-061-067-073-031245-
/O.CON.KSEW.FA.A.0007.071203T1200Z-071206T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLALLAM-GRAYS HARBOR-JEFFERSON-KING-LEWIS-MASON-PIERCE-SKAGIT-
SNOHOMISH-THURSTON-WHATCOM-
432 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES... GRAYS HARBOR...CLALLAM...JEFFERSON...SKAGIT...
WHATCOM...KING...LEWIS...MASON...PIERCE...SNOHOMISH...THURSTON.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
* HEAVY RAIN IS FORECAST FOR THE OLYMPICS TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
COLDER TEMPERATURES IN THE CASCADES WILL KEEP PRECIPITATION THERE
MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW TONIGHT...BUT THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO
HEAVY RAIN IN THE CASCADES BY LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY.
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY DRIVE MOST
OLYMPIC PENINSULA RIVERS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE MONDAY.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ALREADY ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE SKOKOMISH RIVER THAT CALLS FOR MAJOR FLOODING. ADDITIONAL
FLOOD WARNINGS FOR ALL OTHER OLYMPIC PENINSULA RIVERS COULD FOLLOW
TONIGHT OR MONDAY...WITH A POTENTIAL FOR MAJOR OR EVEN NEAR RECORD
FLOODING.
THE LIST OF OLYMPIC PENINSULA RIVERS THAT FACE A THREAT OF
FLOODING INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...THE SATSOP...
WYNOOCHEE...BOGACHIEL...ELWAH...AND DUNGENESS RIVERS.
RAINFALL OVER THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND MONDAY WILL RANGE
FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE FREEZING LEVEL CLIMBING TO AROUND
9500 FEET. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THAT
HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE OLYMPICS TODAY.
MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION IN THE CASCADES TONIGHT WILL FALL AS
SNOW...BUT IT WILL SWITCH TO RAIN LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY AS
THE FREEZING LEVEL RISES TO AROUND 7000 FEET. RAINFALL IN THE
CASCADES COULD RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.
MANY RIVERS FLOWING OFF THE WEST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES COULD
FLOOD MONDAY NIGHT OR TUESDAY...WITH THE PUYALLUP RIVER NEAR
ORTING...THE SNOQUALMIE...TOLT...SKYKOMISH...SNOHOMISH...
STILLAGUAMISH...SKAGIT...AND NOOKSACK RIVERS PROBABLY FACING THE
GREATEST THREAT.
IN ADDITION THE CHEHALIS...SKOOKUMCHUCK...AND DESCHUTES RIVERS
COULD FLOOD BY MONDAY AFTERNOON OR MONDAY NIGHT.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE FOR
FURTHER UPDATES...AND BE READY TO ACT IF THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE ISSUES A FLOOD WARNING.
$$
MCDONNAL

Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

Wx Update 13:43 12-1-07

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
143 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2007
...WINTER STORM FORECAST IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS WEEKEND... ...SNOW
EXPECTED OVER THE LOWLANDS TODAY AND TONIGHT...
.A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON
TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW FROM THE FIRST SYSTEM WILL REACH THE
OLYMPICS AROUND MIDDAY AND THE CASCADES LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
SNOWFALL WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS A
SECOND FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. A THIRD STRONG
AND WARMER SYSTEM WILL REACH THE AREA MONDAY.
WAZ001-503>510-512-515>517-020600-
/O.CON.KSEW.SN.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-071202T0600Z/
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-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-
WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
143 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING.
ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS THE WESTERN WASHINGTON
LOWLANDS BY LATE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS
EVENING. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN ALONG THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON.
THE SNOW WILL PROBABLY CHANGE TO RAIN ELSEWHERE LATE THIS EVENING.
A WARMER AND MOIST FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE IN OFF THE EASTERN
PACIFIC LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE EFFECTS OF THIS SYSTEM OVER
THE LOWLANDS ARE UNCERTAIN. MORE SNOW COULD FALL SUNDAY MORNING...
OR IT COULD END UP BEING RAIN AND SNOW MIXED...OR JUST RAIN. AT
THIS TIME THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN.
THE BEST CHANCE FOR SNOW ON SUNDAY WILL BE NORTH OF SEATTLE UP
THROUGH THE NORTH INTERIOR.
$$
BURKE

Weather Alert Weekend of Dec 1-2

Western Skagit County (Washington)SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
402 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2007
WAZ001-503>519-010015-
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-
402 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2007
...LOWLAND SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON
BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST AND NORTHWEST INTERIOR
LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...
A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO FORM OFF THE NORTH
COAST ON SATURDAY AND SPREAD MOISTURE INTO THE RELATIVELY COOL
AIR MASS IN PLACE OVER WESTERN WASHINGTON. SOME LIGHT
PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING WITH MOST OF THE
PRECIPITATION EXPECTED LATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY
NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY START AS SNOW ACROSS THE
LOWLANDS...THEN CHANGING OVER TO RAIN SATURDAY EVENING IN MOST
PLACES. THE LOCATION WHERE THE PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO STAY IN
THE FORM OF SNOW WILL BE IN WHATCOM COUNTY WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS
WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS LOW ARE STILL DIFFICULT TO PREDICT. AT
THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE A TRACE TO A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW IS
POSSIBLE FROM EVERETT SOUTHWARD BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES
OVER TO RAIN. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE NORTH OF
EVERETT.
THERE IS STILL A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST. SMALL
CHANGES IN THE LOCATION OF WHERE THE LOW DEVELOPS COULD RESULT IN
BIG CHANGES TO THE TYPE AND AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION WITH THIS
EVENT.
A STRONGER AND WETTER SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE ON SUNDAY WITH VERY WINDY
CONDITIONS ALONG THE COAST. AN EVEN STRONGER SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE
LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGING WINDS ALONG THE
COAST THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS AND WEATHER STATEMENTS AS THIS
EVENT EVOLVES. VISIT WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION.
$$

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