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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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A much calmer weekend of weather is on the way. Sunbreaks with a few passing showers in the Saturday forecast. High temperatures will be running around 50 degrees this afternoon. Wind is much calmer, but still breezy at times 10-20 mph across Western Washington. Temperatures warm up into the mid 50s on Sunday with showers moving in during the late afternoon and evening.

The next front will be holding offshore keeping rain confined to the coast on Monday. That will be our warmest day with partly sunny skies and high temperatures in the upper 50s. Some spots could hit 60 degrees. Rain will be on the increase Tuesday morning with showers through the afternoon. A stray shower is in the Wednesday forecast with drier weather toward the second half of next week.

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Weather to Expect:
A much calmer weekend of weather is on the way. Sunbreaks with a few passing showers in the Saturday forecast. High temperatures will be running around 50 degrees this afternoon. Wind is much calmer, but still breezy at times 10-20 mph across Western Washington. Temperatures warm up into the mid 50s on Sunday with showers moving in during the late afternoon and evening.

The next front will be holding offshore keeping rain confined to the coast on Monday. That will be our warmest day with partly sunny skies and high temperatures in the upper 50s. Some spots could hit 60 degrees. Rain will be on the increase Tuesday morning with showers through the afternoon. A stray shower is in the Wednesday forecast with drier weather toward the second half of next week.