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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
945 AM PDT WED MAR 18 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE WA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
SKYKOMISH RIVER NEAR GOLD BAR AFFECTING SNOHOMISH COUNTY.
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 THIS AFTERNOON AT 545 PM PDT.
WAC061-190045-
/O.NEW.KSEW.FL.W.0018.260318T1800Z-260319T2212Z/
/GLBW1.1.ER.260318T2155Z.260319T0600Z.260319T1011Z.NO/
945 AM PDT WED MAR 18 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SKYKOMISH RIVER NEAR GOLD BAR.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, THE SKYKOMISH RIVER WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW PASTURE LANDS AND LOW LYING ROADS...INCLUDING
INDEX-GALENA RD AND TUALCO LOOP RD. A STAGE OF 15 FEET ON THE
SKYKOMISH RIVER CORRESPONDS TO A PHASE 2 IN THE SNOHOMISH COUNTY
FLOOD PROGRAM.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 AM PDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.6 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS
AFTERNOON TO 15.6 FEET LATE THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL THEN
REMAIN ELEVATED, BUT BELOW FLOOD STAGE, THROUGH SATURDAY,
BEFORE FURTHER LOWERING OVER THE WEEKEND.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
15.5 FEET ON 02/19/1995.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4774 12150 4780 12173 4780 12196 4793 12197
4794 12169 4787 12147
JD
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