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Storm Causes Widespread Flooding

Posted: 5:57 am PST January 30, 2004

SEATTLE -- A powerful, warm and wet midwinter storm that sent creeks and rivers to flood stage continued to cause flooding this morning.

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Images: Rivers Swell In Western Washington

Flood warnings are in effect for several Western Washington rivers.

They include the Snoqualmie in King County, the Skokomish in Mason County, the Skookumchuck in Thurston County and the Puyallup through Orting in Pierce County.

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Issaquah Creek Floods
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Flood warnings ended for Issaquah Creek and the Tolt River in King County.

Meanwhile, high winds knocked down trees, causing scattered outages all over Western Washington.

Seattle City Light had only a few customers without power Friday morning after 1,600 lost power Thursday.

Puget Sound Energy reported 500 homes and businesses without electricity Friday morning, down from 2,000 at the height of the outages.

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South Sound Creeks Causing Problems

The Snohomish County P.U.D. said 3,400 of its customers were in the dark Friday morning.

A high wind warning was in effect for Island County until 8 a.m. Friday for sustained winds of 35 to 45 mph and gusts to 60.

Showers were expected Friday across the lowlands, rather than the torrents that dumped more than five inches on North Bend between noon Wednesday and midday Thursday.

About 1.35 inches of rain fell at Sea-Tac Airport in a 24-hour period ending at 5 p.m. Thursday.

In the mountains, a winter storm warning is in effect today for the Cascades, with an additional six to 10 inches of snow expected.

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Rebecca Stevenson is Chief Meteorologist for KIRO 7 Eyewitness News. Stevenson holds the Seal of Approval from the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the National Weather Association.
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Weather To Expect:
The streak of dry and very warm weather continues through the holiday weekend but the mountains will become stormy later Sunday.
Saturday will have low temperatures in the 50s and under sunny skies the highs will rapidly warm. High temperatures will be in the 80s with some low 90s in the southwest interior and Cascade foothills.
Sunday will have low temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s and while slight cooling (along with morning low clouds) will occur on the coast the inland areas will soar with highs in the 80s to near 90. Sunday afternoon and evening the wind will increase as a marine push surges inland. It is the beginning of a change in the weather pattern.

A large upper trough will push over western Washington late Sunday night into Monday morning. The result will be a 15 degree drop in high temperatures, more clouds in the mornings and a chance of a few showers. The showers Monday will be short lived. Tuesday will be mainly dry but a better chance of showers develops Wednesday.

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Weather To Expect:
The streak of dry and very warm weather continues through the holiday weekend but the mountains will become stormy later Sunday.
Saturday will have low temperatures in the 50s and under sunny skies the highs will rapidly warm. High temperatures will be in the 80s with some low 90s in the southwest interior and Cascade foothills.
Sunday will have low temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s and while slight cooling (along with morning low clouds) will occur on the coast the inland areas will soar with highs in the 80s to near 90. Sunday afternoon and evening the wind will increase as a marine push surges inland. It is the beginning of a change in the weather pattern.

A large upper trough will push over western Washington late Sunday night into Monday morning. The result will be a 15 degree drop in high temperatures, more clouds in the mornings and a chance of a few showers. The showers Monday will be short lived. Tuesday will be mainly dry but a better chance of showers develops Wednesday.