Flooding Snoqualmie peaks upstream, still rising in Lower Valley

Published 12:25 pm Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Water creeps over the edge of State Route 203 just north of Carnation around 11 a.m. Wednesday.

As of 10:30 a.m., flooding on the Snoqualmie River seems to have reached its peak and begun to subside at Snoqualmie Falls. According to hourly readings, the river hit its peak flow at Snoqualmie Falls at around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, 49,533 cubic feet per second and 18.53 feet. A reading at 10:30 a.m. showed a small drop, to 47,733 cfs and 18.26 feet.

Downstream, however, the river continues to rise. Readings taken at Carnation at 10:15 a.m. are the high flow for the past 24 hours, 55,171 cfs and 59.33 feet.

Current road closures include:

Park Ave S.E. from SE Newton St to S.E. River St
80th Ave S.E. from Kimball Creek to Pine Ave S.E
Boalch Ave S.E. from Centennial Field Park past Meadowbrook Farm (city limits)
S.E. Northern St at Pickering Court
S.E. Cedar Street from Pine Ave S.E.to 80th Ave S.E.
S.E. Mill Pond Rd from State Route 202 to the Meadowbrook Bridge
S.E. Reinig Rd from 396th Drive to the Meadowbrook Bridge
S.W. Mount Si Boulevard between Bendigo Boulevard S. and South Fork Avenue S.W.;
The North Bend Way park-and-ride on North Bend Way across from the Pour House;
N.W. Eighth Street;
Ballarat Avenue NE between N.E. Eighth Street and N.E. 12^th Street;
Boalch Avenue N.W. north of N.W. 14^th Street;
Stilson Avenue S.E. is closed near Opstad Elementary School due to downed power lines;
415^th Way S.E. adjacent to I-90 Exit 31.