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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
950 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 SNOQUALMIE FALLS AFFECTING KING COUNTY.
.HEAVY RAIN OVER THE CENTRAL CASCADES COMBINED WITH HIGH SNOW LEVELS
WILL PUSH THE SNOQUALMIE RIVER NEAT SNOQUALMIE FALLS 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 WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 600 AM PDT.
WAC033-181300-
/O.NEW.KSEW.FL.W.0016.260318T1306Z-260319T1423Z/
/SQUW1.1.ER.260318T1306Z.260319T0000Z.260319T0522Z.NO/
950 PM PDT TUE MAR 17 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TO THURSDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SNOQUALMIE RIVER NEAR SNOQUALMIE FALLS.
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TO THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 20,000.0 CFS, THE SNOQUALMIE RIVER WILL CAUSE
WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF PASTURE LANDS AND ROADS ALONG THE RIVER
FROM THE TOWN OF SNOQUALMIE DOWNSTREAM THROUGH FALL CITY. ROADS
THAT MAY BECOME FLOODED INCLUDE FALL CITY-CARNATION...TOLT HILL...
AND NOVELTY FLATS ROADS. THIS RIVER LEVEL ON THE SNOQUALMIE
CORRESPONDS ROUGHLY TO A PHASE 3 FLOOD IN THE KING COUNTY FLOOD
SYSTEM.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 PM PDT TUESDAY THE FLOW WAS 12,200.0 CFS.
- FLOOD FLOW IS 20,000.0 CFS.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD STAGE AROUND
7 AM WEDNESDAY. THE RIVER WILL CREST NEAR 24,300 CFS
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER COULD RECEDE BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THURSDAY THEN RISE BACK ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4742 12175 4752 12186 4756 12196 4761 12188
4758 12178 4756 12170
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