Flood watch through the weekend, Mount Rainier particular concern | National Weather Service

Published 10:02 am Friday, October 30, 2015

The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a flood watch for portions of northwest Washington and west central Washington from Friday evening through Sunday afternoon.

This includes Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Kitsap, Mason, Skagit, Whatcom, King, Lewis, Pierce, Snohomish and Thurston counties.

A wet pattern will develop Friday and continue into Saturday.

Rain will be heavy at times, especially over the mountains. Four to eight inches of rain is likely over the mountains for the 48 hour period, with locally higher amounts possible.

This will cause sharp rises on area rivers.

Minor flooding is possible on some area rivers by Saturday morning and flooding concerns for area rivers will continue into Sunday.

Of particular concern in the Mount Rainier area and rivers flowing out of the park.

Some models show rainfall amounts will over a foot for the 48 hour period, ending Saturday afternoon.

These amounts could cause more serious flooding for rivers flowing off Mount Rainier.