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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
944 AM PST WED DEC 17 2025
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
SNOHOMISH RIVER NEAR MONROE AFFECTING SNOHOMISH COUNTY.
.RAINFALL YESTERDAY AND OVERNIGHT IS DRIVING AREA RIVERS BACK UP
WITH NEW ROUNDS OF FLOODING OCCURRING OR UPCOMING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
EVEN 6 INCHES OF FAST-MOVING FLOOD WATER CAN KNOCK YOU OFF YOUR FEET
AND A DEPTH OF 2 FEET WILL FLOAT YOUR CAR. NEVER TRY TO WALK, SWIM,
OR DRIVE THROUGH SUCH SWIFT WATER. IF YOU COME UPON FLOOD WATERS,
STOP, TURN AROUND AND GO ANOTHER WAY.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS AFTERNOON AT 545 PM PST.
WAC061-180145-
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/MROW1.2.ER.251217T1523Z.251218T0000Z.251218T0909Z.NO/
944 AM PST WED DEC 17 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...SNOHOMISH RIVER NEAR MONROE.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, THE SNOHOMISH RIVER WILL FLOOD SEVERAL
ROADS AND MUCH OF THE LOW PASTURE LAND IN THE RIVER VALLEY. A
STAGE OF 16 FEET AT THIS LOCATION CORRESPONDS TO PHASE 2 IN THE
SNOHOMISH COUNTY FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:15 AM PST WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.2 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 16.8
FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4780 12190 4779 12212 4786 12217 4791 12203
4793 12202 4793 12190
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