Updated at 12:34 p.m. and 12:58 p.m.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
The flood warning has ended on the Newaukum River near Chehalis and forecasters have revised downward their expectations of overflowing of the Chehalis River in Centralia and Grand Mound.
Heavy rains ended yesterday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
Minor flooding of less than a foot above flood stage is forecast tonight in the Centralia area, which would cause shallow flooding of farmlands and some roads, the weather service reports.
Centralia city officials this morning continue to offer sandbags for residents at the 100 block of Center Street and 1227 Harrison Avenue. The Center Street location will shut down at 2 p.m.
No emergency shelters are open this morning in Centralia, according to the city. All city streets were passable just before 8 a.m.
Lewis County officials also continue to monitor the rivers and note there remains standing water over several roadways in the county.
Information from the river gauge at Mellen Street in Centralia is missing since about 8 o’clock this morning, but the county has someone going out to the river to find out why, Lewis County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Stacy Brown said just after noon time.
A wind advisory was issued this morning for the area, with the potential for winds of 20 mph to 30 mph and gusts up to 45 mph this afternoon.
Brown said the county emergency operations center has had no reports of people with water inside their homes, vehicles stranded or rescues; except the Pe Ell Fire Department helped a couple of people out of their residences yesterday on Red Hawk Lane, she said.
Information and warnings can be accessed at the weather service website. Current river levels and their forecast flood levels are updated regularly by the weather service.
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Links to the two web sites noted above can always be found on the right hand sidebar of Lewis County Sirens.com
Here they are again:
• National Weather Service – NWS Seattle, here
• National Weather Service: River levels (Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service), here
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter