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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Seattle WA

123 PM PDT Fri Mar 20 2026



...The National Weather Service in Seattle WA has issued a Flood 

Warning for the following rivers in Washington...



  Nooksack River At Ferndale affecting Whatcom County.



.Rain is becoming more scattered in nature, but rivers are still 

rising over the next several hours.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 evening at 930 PM PDT.



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123 PM PDT Fri Mar 20 2026



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON...



* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...Nooksack River at Ferndale.



* WHEN...Until tomorrow afternoon.



* IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, the river begins overtopping its banks 

  within the City of Ferndale flooding low-lying areas within the 

  City and low pasture lands along the river from near Ferndale 

  downstream to the mouth.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 12:45 PM PDT Friday the stage was 16.9 feet.

  - Flood stage is 18.0 feet.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage

    late tonight to a crest of 18.8 feet tomorrow afternoon. It

    will then fall below flood stage late tomorrow evening.

  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of

    18.8 feet on 11/19/2003.

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



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LAT...LON 4889 12247 4887 12253 4878 12254 4876 12263

      4891 12262 4896 12247





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