Nooksack Tribe Emergency Management Good afternoon, The most recent predictions show the Nooksack River at Cedarville entering into flood stage Thanksgiving Day at approximately 1pm and cresting around 4am Friday morning near 148 ft . Previous events that exceeded 148 ft were: 148.07 ft on 12/13/2010 148.68 ft on 01/07/2009 The effects of this: 148.0 ft the Nooksack River will cause widespread flooding downstream through Lynden...with swift waters covering some farm lands and roads. Erosion may affect some river banks. ACTION: Please help keep your neighborhood dry by removing leafs and debris from drain grates. Excerpt from NWS Forecast Discussion 9:40AM 11-25: THE WARM FRONT WILL STALL ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER TONIGHT WHICH COULD ALLOW MODERATE RAIN TO CONTINUE OVER THE N CASCADES IN WHATCOM AND SKAGIT COUNTY TONIGHT...WITH ANOTHER 0.75-1.50 INCHES POSSIBLE SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH...FROM ROUGHLY 6000 TO 8000 FEET TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...LOWERING TO 5000-6000 FEET THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE MORE OF A LULL IN RAIN ON WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. STRONG LOW LEVEL SW FLOW ALOFT WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY EVENING AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AND CONTINUE BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. THE SW DIRECTION SHOULD PUT THE HEAVIEST RAIN OVER THE OLYMPICS AND N CASCADES WITH ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THOSE AREAS.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 23:32:13 +0000