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WGUS46 KSEW 200030
FLWSEW
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
530 PM PDT THU MAR 19 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.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY LATE TONIGHT AT 130 AM PDT.
WAC061-200830-
/O.NEW.KSEW.FL.W.0022.260320T0030Z-260320T1215Z/
/MROW1.1.ER.260319T2300Z.260320T0000Z.260320T0015Z.NO/
530 PM PDT THU MAR 19 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...SNOHOMISH RIVER NEAR MONROE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, FEET...THE SNOHOMISH RIVER WILL LOCALLY
SPILL OVER ITS BANKS INTO LOW PASTURE LANDS ALONG THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:15 PM PDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 5:15 PM PDT THURSDAY WAS 15.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO HOVER NEAR 15.0 FEET, OR
MINOR FLOOD STAGE, THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY
LOWERING TO 14.6 FEET LATE TOMORROW EVENING.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
14.9 FEET ON 12/13/1966.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4780 12190 4779 12212 4786 12217 4791 12203
4793 12202 4793 12190
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