2 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Seattle, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 23, 8:35 PM PST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 835 PM PST FRI DEC 23 2005 .SYNOPSIS...A SERIES OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF RAIN...WINDY CONDITIONS...AND UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS AND POSSIBLY THE NORTH CASCADES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. SOME RIVERS IN THOSE AREAS MAY FLOOD OVER THE WEEKEND. && .SHORT TERM...STRONG WET WARM FRONT OVER WESTERN WA IS MOVING NORTH INTO B.C. THIS EVENING. RAIN ENDED AT HOQUIAM JUST BEFORE 6 PM AND SHOULD TAPER OFF FROM THE SOUTH ACROSS THE REST OF WESTERN WA LOWLANDS THROUGH THE EVENING. RADAR AT 830 PM SHOWED PRECIP HAD TAPERED OFF OVER MUCH OF THE NORTH INTERIOR LOWLANDS. THE MAIN EXCEPTION IS THE MOUNTAINS...AND ESPECIALLY THE OLYMPICS. STRONG S-SW FLOW ALOFT AT LOWER LEVELS WILL MAINTAIN OROGRAPHIC HEAVY PRECIP TONIGHT. 00Z NAM MAINTAINS MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER THE OLYMPICS THROUGH SATURDAY...GFS BACKS OFF A LITTLE MORE ON PRECIP BEHIND THE WARM FRONT. FLOOD WATCHES CONTINUE FOR THE OLYMPICS AND SELECTED COUNTIES IN THE CENTRAL AND N CASCADES. SKOKOMISH RIVER HAS THE ONLY FLOOD WARNING A THIS POINT AND SHOULD GO BACK ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATER THIS EVENING. LATEST DATA SHOWS ABOUT 1.6 INCHES OF RAIN AT CUSHMAN DAM THROUGH 8 PM AND RIVER HAS RESPONDED WITH A SHARP RISE. NEXT WORRY IS THE NOOKSACK...BUT ONLY 0.40 AT MARBLEMOUNT AND 0.70 AT UPPER BAKER SO FAR. WILL LEAVE THE FLOOD WATCHES INTACT FOR NOW WITH NO ADDITIONAL WARNINGS. GALES ARE UP FOR JUST ABOUT ALL MARINE WATERS BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS ARENT REALLY EXPECTED UNTIL LATE TONIGHT OR SATURDAY. MODELS AGREE ON BRINGING THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT INLAND ACROSS THE AREA EARLY SUNDAY...FOLLOWED QUICKLY BY ANOTHER SYSTEM SUNDAY EVENING. QUICK GLIMPSE OF THE LONG WAVE PATTERN IN THE 5-WAVE HEMISPHERIC CHARTS SHOWS A LOW AMPLITUDE 500 MB PATTERN AROUND THE HEMISPHERE WITH A BROAD UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL PACIFIC CONTAINING A STRONG JET STREAM...RESULTING IN MOIST SW FLOW ALOFT AIMED AT THE PAC NW. THE MAIN IMPRESSION IS THAT THIS PATTERN DOESNT REALLY CHANGE THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK. THUS THE FORECAST FOR REPEATED FRONT OR TROUGH PASSAGES THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK...INTERSPERSED WITH BRIEF LULLS...AND OVERALL WET WET WET SEEMS REASONABLE. KAM .LONG RANGE...(FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ON 230 PM AFD)...ANOTHER WAVE MOVES IN TUESDAY WITH A TROUGH FOLLOWING ABOUT THURSDAY. HAVE FOLLOWED THE GFS IN THE DETAILS. HIGH POPS BEGIN TO TAIL OFF LATE IN THE WEEK. TEMPS LOWER AND SHOWERS INSTEAD OF RAIN WITH TROUGH PASSAGES. BURKE && .AVIATION...RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS A WARM FRONT REMAINS DRAPED ACROSS WRN WA. EXPECT MAINLY MVFR CONDS. THE WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH SAT MORNING SHIFTING THE MAIN FOCUS OF RAINFALL NORTH OF WA. MVFR CONDS SHOULD IMPROVE TO MAINLY VFR AFT 16Z SAT MORNING. SW WINDS ALOFT WILL INCREASE DURING THE EVENING AND CAUSE LOW-LEVEL WIND SHEAR PROBLEMS AND COMPRESSION OF AIRCRAFT SPACING UPON FINAL APPROACH. WINDS AT 020 GRADUALLY RISE FROM ABOUT 25 TO 40 KTS BY 06Z WITH A RISE TO 50 KTS OVERNIGHT AFT 10Z. SFC WINDS S 10KT THROUGH THE NIGHT. DTM && .SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GALE WARNING COAST...ENTRANCES TO THE STRAIT...NORTH INTERIOR WATERS...ADMIRALTY INLET. GALE WARNING FOR PUGET SOUND/HOOD CANAL STARTING AT MIDNIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL STRAIT. FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SKOKOMISH RIVER IN MASON COUNTY. FLOOD WATCHES FOR CLALLAM...JEFFERSON...MASON...GRAYS HARBOR... WHATCOM...SKAGIT...KING COUNTIES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. && .KATX...VCP21/CSR21 OPERATIONAL. && WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused a local creek to flood and damage 3 local businesses in north Seattle.
Heavy rain caused part of Highway 107 between Montesano and Cosmopolis to buckle and split, making the road impassable.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Washington in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, December 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5485295, 5485296.