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WGUS46 KSEW 181945
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1245 PM PDT WED MAR 18 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE WA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
SNOHOMISH RIVER NEAR MONROE AFFECTING SNOHOMISH COUNTY.
.HEAVY RAIN OVER THE CENTRAL CASCADES COMBINED WITH HIGH SNOW LEVELS
WILL PUSH THE SNOHOMISH RIVER NEAR MONROE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS
EVENING.
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 EVENING AT 845 PM PDT.
WAC061-190345-
/O.NEW.KSEW.FL.W.0020.260319T0000Z-260320T0719Z/
/MROW1.1.ER.260319T0559Z.260319T1200Z.260319T1918Z.NO/
1245 PM PDT WED MAR 18 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SNOHOMISH RIVER NEAR MONROE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, THE SNOHOMISH RIVER WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW PASTURE LANDS AND SEVERAL ROADS NEAR THE RIVER. A
STAGE OF 15 FEET AT THIS LOCATION CORRESPONDS TO PHASE 2 IN THE
SNOHOMISH COUNTY FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:15 PM PDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.7 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
EVENING TO 15.8 FEET LATE TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE LATER THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL REMAIN
ELEVATED NEAR FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE
RECEDING FURTHER OVER THE WEEKEND.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
15.7 FEET ON 03/25/2007.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4780 12190 4779 12212 4786 12217 4791 12203
4793 12202 4793 12190
JD
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