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WGUS46 KSEW 200311
FLWSEW
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
811 PM PDT THU MAR 19 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.
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 415 AM PDT.
WAC061-201115-
/O.NEW.KSEW.FL.W.0023.260320T1218Z-260321T1559Z/
/GLBW1.1.ER.260320T1218Z.260321T0000Z.260321T0358Z.NO/
811 PM PDT THU MAR 19 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT TO SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SKYKOMISH RIVER NEAR GOLD BAR.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SATURDAY MORNING.
* 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 PM PDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.5 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 15.3 FEET TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW EVENING.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
15.2 FEET ON 11/01/1985.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4774 12150 4780 12173 4780 12196 4793 12197
4794 12169 4787 12147
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