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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
945 PM PDT TUE MAR 17 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE WA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
SNOQUALMIE RIVER NEAR CARNATION AFFECTING KING COUNTY.
.HEAVY RAIN IN THE CENTRAL CASCADES COMBINED WITH HIGH SNOW LEVELS
WILL PUSH THE SNOQUALMIE RIVER AT CARNATION ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY LATE TONIGHT AT 545 AM PDT.
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945 PM PDT TUE MAR 17 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SNOQUALMIE RIVER NEAR CARNATION.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 56.0 FEET, THE SNOQUALMIE RIVER WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD
FLOODING FROM FALL CITY DOWNSTREAM THROUGH CARNATION AND DUVALL...
INUNDATING MUCH OF THE FARM LAND AND NUMEROUS ROADS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:15 PM PDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 51.1 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 54.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL REACH FLOOD STAGE AROUND 5 AM
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL CREST NEAR 57.6 FEET LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL
REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE INTO THE WEEKEND.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4756 12196 4770 12204 4784 12202 4783 12194
4771 12193 4761 12188
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