Flooding continues in Snohomish County, including the Snohomish, Skykomish and Stillaguamish rivers. Below are the flood forecasts from the National Weather Service before first light Monday. Sorry for the all caps. That’s how they issue these things:
Flood warnings
THE SNOHOMISH RIVER AT SNOHOMISH
* UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 4:30 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 27.3 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 25.0 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST…THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND CREST NEAR 29.3
FEET AROUND 2 PM MONDAY. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT…AT 29.0 FEET…THE SNOHOMISH RIVER WILL FLOOD LOW FARM
LANDS AND SEVERAL ROADS…INCLUDING RIVERVIEW RD AND THE
SNOHOMISH-MONROE HIGHWAY. HIDE TIDAL LEVELS COULD WORSEN FLOODING
ON THE LOWER DELTA AND EBEY ISLAND. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALL ALONG
THE RIVER INCLUDING HEADWATERS…TRIBUTARIES…AND OTHER STREAMS
WITHIN AND NEAR THE SNOHOMISH RIVER BASIN. A STAGE OF 29 FEET ON
THE SNOHOMISH RIVER CORRESPONDS TO A PHASE 3 IN THE SNOHOMISH
COUNTY FLOOD PROGRAM.
SNOHOMISH RIVER NEAR MONROE
* UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.
* AT 4:30 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.4 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST…THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND CREST NEAR 17.1
FEET AROUND 10 AM MONDAY. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT…AT 17.0 FEET…THE SNOHOMISH RIVER WILL CAUSE MAJOR
FLOODING…INUNDATING FARM LAND…ROADS…AND SOME RESIDENTIAL
AREAS. LEVEES WILL LIKELY SUFFER DAMAGE. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALL
ALONG THE RIVER INCLUDING HEADWATERS…TRIBUTARIES…AND OTHER
STREAMS WITHIN AND NEAR THE SNOHOMISH RIVER BASIN. A STAGE OF 17
FEET AT THIS LOCATION CORRESPONDS TO PHASE 2 IN THE SNOHOMISH
COUNTY FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM.
SKYKOMISH RIVER NEAR GOLD BAR
* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON.
* AT 4:30 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.9 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* FORECAST…THE RIVER FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT AROUND 4 AM MONDAY
AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN SOME AREAS
UNTIL THE FLOOD WAVE HAS COMPLETELY PASSED DOWNSTREAM.
STILLAGUAMISH RIVER AT ARLINGTON
* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON.
* AT 4:24 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.2 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* FORECAST…THE RIVER CRESTED AT 21.2 FEET AT 4 PM SUNDAY AND WILL
CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING.
* IMPACT…AT 17.0 FEET…THE STILLAGUAMISH RIVER WILL CAUSE
FLOODING MAINLY IN THE SILVANA AREA, ALONG NORMAN ROAD AND IN
FLORENCE. A STAGE OF 17 FEET ON THE STILLAGUAMISH RIVER CORRESPONDS
ROUGHLY TO PHASE 3 IN THE SNOHOMISH COUNTY FLOOD PROGRAM.
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