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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
209 AM PDT FRI MAR 20 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE WA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
SNOQUALMIE RIVER NEAR SNOQUALMIE FALLS AFFECTING KING COUNTY.
.HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH HIGH SNOW LEVELS IN THE CENTRAL CASCADES
THURSDAY NIGHT WILL PUSH THE SNOQUALMIE RIVER NEAR SNOQUALMIE FALLS
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY MORNING.
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 MORNING AT 1015 AM PDT.
WAC033-201715-
/O.NEW.KSEW.FL.W.0024.260320T0929Z-260321T1435Z/
/SQUW1.1.ER.260320T0929Z.260320T1800Z.260321T0534Z.NO/
209 AM PDT FRI MAR 20 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SNOQUALMIE RIVER NEAR SNOQUALMIE FALLS.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 20,000.0 CFS, THE SNOQUALMIE RIVER WILL CAUSE
WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF PASTURE LANDS AND ROADS ALONG THE RIVER
FROM THE TOWN OF SNOQUALMIE DOWNSTREAM THROUGH FALL CITY. ROADS
THAT MAY BECOME FLOODED INCLUDE FALL CITY-CARNATION...TOLT HILL...
AND NOVELTY FLATS ROADS. THIS RIVER LEVEL ON THE SNOQUALMIE
CORRESPONDS ROUGHLY TO A PHASE 3 FLOOD IN THE KING COUNTY FLOOD
SYSTEM.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:00 AM PDT FRIDAY THE FLOW WAS 18,700.0 CFS.
- FLOOD FLOW IS 20,000.0 CFS.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
EARLY THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 25,300 CFS LATE THIS
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
EVENING.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4742 12175 4752 12186 4756 12196 4761 12188
4758 12178 4756 12170
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