A flood warning for the White River and Puyallup River was released by the National Weather Service through Wednesday night.
Rain is forecast through Thanksgiving to Friday. The forecast for Saturday to Monday is showers.
Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCHNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
426 AM PST TUE NOV 25 2014
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426 AM PST TUE NOV 25 2014
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...SKAGIT...WHATCOM...KING...LEWIS...PIERCE...
SNOHOMISH....
* THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
* RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE IN THE CASCADES TODAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2.5 TO 5
INCHES ARE LIKELY...WHILE THE SNOW LEVEL IS 6500 TO 7500 FEET.
THE FOCUS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE OVER THE WASHINGTON CASCADES
FROM AROUND SNOQUALMIE PASS SOUTHWARD THIS MORNING...SHIFT
NORTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND THEN DECREASE ON
WEDNESDAY.
* FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON THE MOST FLOOD-PRONE RIVERS THAT FLOW
OFF THE WEST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. THAT INCLUDES THE COWLITZ
RIVER...THE REACH OF THE PUYALLUP NEAR ORTING...AND THE
SNOQUALMIE...TOLT...SKYKOMISH...SNOHOMISH...STILLAGUAMISH...AND
NOOKSACK RIVERS. OTHER RIVERS THAT ARE WORTH WATCHING INCLUDE
THE SKAGIT AND WHITE RIVERS.
* ANOTHER VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...BRINGING PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS
OF 3 TO 5 INCHES TO THE OLYMPICS AND NORTH CASCADES. THE SNOW
LEVEL FOR THAT EVENT WILL BE 5500 TO 7000 FEET.
* PEOPLE NEAR FLOOD-PRONE REACHES OF RIVERS IN THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
STAY TUNED FOR THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING BUT
FLOODING IS NOT IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND BE READY TO ACT
QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
&&
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Flood Warning
FLOOD WARNINGNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
858 AM PST TUE NOV 25 2014
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
SNOQUALMIE RIVER NEAR THE FALLS AFFECTING KING COUNTY.
SNOQUALMIE RIVER NEAR CARNATION AFFECTING KING COUNTY.
NISQUALLY RIVER NEAR NATIONAL AFFECTING LEWIS AND PIERCE COUNTIES.
.FLOOD BULLETIN NO. 2
HEAVY RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT IN THE CASCADES AND WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES
TODAY. THIS WILL DRIVE THE SNOQUALMIE AND NISQUALLY RIVERS ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE BEGINNING TODAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE CARS...VANS...OR TRUCKS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...THIS IS
THE CAUSE OF MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS IN WASHINGTON. BE ALERT FOR
RAPID CHANGES AND MONITOR DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA.
&&
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858 AM PST TUE NOV 25 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE SNOQUALMIE RIVER NEAR THE FALLS
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 7:30 AM TUESDAY THE FLOW WAS 13154 CFS.
* FLOOD FLOW IS 20000 CFS.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD FLOW AROUND 1 PM TUESDAY
AND CREST NEAR 25909 CFS AROUND 10 PM TUESDAY. THE RIVER WILL FALL
BELOW FLOOD FLOW WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 20000 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.
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LAT...LON 4742 12175 4752 12186 4756 12196 4761 12188 4758 12178
4756 12170
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Flood Warning
FLOOD WARNINGNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
858 AM PST TUE NOV 25 2014
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
SNOQUALMIE RIVER NEAR THE FALLS AFFECTING KING COUNTY.
SNOQUALMIE RIVER NEAR CARNATION AFFECTING KING COUNTY.
NISQUALLY RIVER NEAR NATIONAL AFFECTING LEWIS AND PIERCE COUNTIES.
.FLOOD BULLETIN NO. 2
HEAVY RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT IN THE CASCADES AND WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES
TODAY. THIS WILL DRIVE THE SNOQUALMIE AND NISQUALLY RIVERS ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE BEGINNING TODAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE CARS...VANS...OR TRUCKS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...THIS IS
THE CAUSE OF MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS IN WASHINGTON. BE ALERT FOR
RAPID CHANGES AND MONITOR DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA.
&&
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858 AM PST TUE NOV 25 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE SNOQUALMIE RIVER NEAR CARNATION
* FROM THIS EVENING TO THURSDAY MORNING.
* AT 8:30 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 49.0 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 54.0 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 8 PM
TUESDAY AND CREST NEAR 56.5 FEET AROUND 10 AM WEDNESDAY. THE RIVER
WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 56.0 FEET...THE SNOQUALMIE RIVER WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD
FLOODING FROM FALL CITY DOWNSTREAM THROUGH CARNATION AND DUVALL...
INUNDATING MUCH OF THE FARM LAND AND NUMEROUS ROADS.
