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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Seattle WA

742 AM PDT Thu Mar 19 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.



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 345 PM PDT.



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742 AM PDT Thu Mar 19 2026



...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE SUNDAY MORNING...



* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is 

  forecast.



* WHERE...Snohomish River at Snohomish.



* WHEN...Until late Sunday morning.



* IMPACTS...At 27.0 feet, the Snohomish River will flood several 

  roads...including the Snohomish-Monroe highway...and low areas of 

  the lower Snohomish valley that are not protected by levees.  A 

  stage of 27 feet on the Snohomish River corresponds roughly to a 

  Phase 2 in the Snohomish County flood program.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 7:00 AM PDT Thursday the stage was 27.0 feet.

  - Flood stage is 25.0 feet.

  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours

    ending at 7:00 AM PDT Thursday was 27.0 feet.

  - Forecast...The river will rise above moderate flood stage

    this morning. It will then briefly recede on Friday before

    rising above flood stage again early Saturday morning. The

    river will then further recede late in the weekend.

  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood



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JD