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WGUS46 KSEW 191539
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
839 AM PDT THU MAR 19 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED TO MINOR SEVERITY AND INCREASED IN
DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
SKYKOMISH RIVER NEAR GOLD BAR AFFECTING SNOHOMISH COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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 445 PM PDT.
WAC061-192345-
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839 AM PDT THU MAR 19 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SKYKOMISH RIVER NEAR GOLD BAR.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* 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 7:30 AM PDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.4 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 15.1 FEET THIS TODAY BEFORE
FALLING THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN RISE TO FLOOD STAGE LATE
TOMORROW EVENING. IT WILL FALL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
PERIOD.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4774 12150 4780 12173 4780 12196 4793 12197
4794 12169 4787 12147
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