{"id":3784,"date":"2010-12-11T19:19:39","date_gmt":"2010-12-12T03:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=3784"},"modified":"2010-12-12T11:42:03","modified_gmt":"2010-12-12T19:42:03","slug":"update-newaukum-river-to-spill-over-banks-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=3784","title":{"rendered":"Update: Newaukum River to spill over banks tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"2010.1211.weathermap.sat.even\"<\/a>

The lime green areas are counties where flood warnings have been issued, most of them today. Courtesy picture \/ National Weather Service<\/p><\/div>\n

By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker
\nLewis County Sirens news reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n

CHEHALIS – Moderate flooding is forecast on the Newaukum River at Chehalis beginning about 8 o’clock tonight, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n

Heavy rain has begun to develop over far southern Washington, the weather service reported at mid-day today. It’s expected to continue tonight and tomorrow driving streams in the Chehalis drainage to flood stage.<\/p>\n

The Newaukum River is expected to crest about 4 p.m. tomorrow near 13 feet. Flood stage is 10.5 feet.<\/p>\n

At that level, flood waters will inundate many roads residential areas and commercial areas along the river and its forks, according to the Weather Service.<\/p>\n

The Weather Service cautions flooding in some areas may be deep and hazardous, especially near rivers.<\/p>\n

The expected levels correspond to a phase two flood under the Lewis County flood system.<\/p>\n

Impacted roadways and surrounding areas include Jackson Highway and roads such as Rush, Sommerville, Griel, Hamilton, Tune, Tauscher, Guerrier, Kirkland, Macomber, Rice, Senn, Lucas Creek, Middle Fork and North Fork.<\/p>\n

The Newaukum River is expected to fall below flood stage Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The warning is accompanied by other flood warnings issued today on the Cowlitz River near Randle; the Skookumchuck at Centralia and Bucoda; and the Chehalis River at Doty, Centralia and Ground Mound.<\/p>\n

Higher elevations in the Willapa Hills and Central Cascades are likely to receive 3 inches to 7 inches of rain during the period, according to the forecasters.<\/p>\n

Most flooding will be moderate, except the Chehalis River near Grand Mound is expected to produce major flooding, the warning notes.<\/p>\n

Minor flooding is expected on the Nisqually River near National affecting Lewis and Pierce counties.<\/p>\n

More coming<\/p>\n

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Read the latest flood warnings, watches and weather statements here<\/a><\/p>\n

Check the river level forecast for your area here<\/a><\/p>\n

Check the weather forecast or your area here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker Lewis County Sirens news reporter CHEHALIS – Moderate flooding is forecast on the Newaukum River at Chehalis beginning about 8 o’clock tonight, according to the National Weather Service. Heavy rain has begun to develop over far southern Washington, the weather service reported at mid-day today. It’s expected to continue tonight and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3784"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3788,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3784\/revisions\/3788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}