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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
232 AM PDT FRI MAR 20 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
SNOHOMISH RIVER AT SNOHOMISH AFFECTING SNOHOMISH COUNTY.
.RAIN WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 1.5 INCHES EXPECTED IN
THE CENTRAL CASCADES. STEADY RAIN WILL COME TO AN END 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 MORNING AT 1045 AM PDT.
WAC061-201745-
/O.EXT.KSEW.FL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-260322T1929Z/
/SNAW1.2.ER.260319T0019Z.260321T1200Z.260322T0429Z.NO/
232 AM PDT FRI MAR 20 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...SNOHOMISH RIVER AT SNOHOMISH.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 28.0 FEET, THE SNOHOMISH RIVER WILL FLOOD SEVERAL
ROADS...INCLUDING THE SNOHOMISH-MONROE HIGHWAY AND RIVERVIEW
ROAD...AND LOW AREAS OF THE LOWER SNOHOMISH VALLEY THAT ARE NOT
PROTECTED BY LEVEES. A STAGE OF 28 FEET ON THE SNOHOMISH RIVER
CORRESPONDS TO A PHASE 3 IN THE SNOHOMISH COUNTY FLOOD PROGRAM.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:00 AM PDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 27.0 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 25.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 2:00 AM PDT FRIDAY WAS 27.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE CRESTING NEAR 28.2 FEET LATE
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW
EVENING.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4786 12217 4789 12221 4796 12232 4809 12216
4794 12213 4791 12203
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