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Posts tagged flooding

Maple Valley Highway single-lane closed between 135th and 140th

Jan08
2009 Written by Randy Corman

Maple Valley Highway was briefly closed today, and then reopened with just a single lane closed: Here are the emails we received

UPDATE:

Subject: SR169 now Lane Closure, Bridge Open
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 15:49:18 -0800

WSDOT has now OPENED the southbound lanes of Maple Valley Highway (SR169) between 135th Ave SE and 140th Way SE, but will be keeping the FAR RIGHT LANE (of the two northbound lanes) CLOSED until minor damage to a bridge structure can be completed.

Kelley

EARLIER MESSAGE

Subject: SR169 closed indefinitely from 135th Ave SE to 140th Way SE
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 15:12:40 -0800

Debra Needham just phoned and WSDOT has closed SR169 indefinitely between 135th Ave SE and 140th Way SE due to a damaged bridge. We will provide further details when they become available.

Also, City crews are aware of some lodged debris under the Williams Avenue bridge, and they are working on it.

Kelley

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The Cedar River is cresting the trail at Bronson; trail closed until further notice

Nov12
2008 Written by Randy Corman

From: Julia Medzegian
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 3:16 PM
To: Don Persson; Greg Taylor; King Parker; MarciePalmer; Corman, Randy; Rich Zwicker; Terri Briere
Subject: Fwd: Cedar River update
Importance: High

>>> Kelly Beymer 11/12/2008 2:51 PM >>>
Hi Leslie,

John just called to report that the river is beginning to crest the trail. With the rain increasing up the valley I’ve requested that the trail be closed from Bronson to Logan through the remainder of the day. Crews will check the status tomorrow morning and I will provide you with an update.

Thank you,
Kelly

___________________________________________________________

Earlier Message:

>>> Preeti Shridhar 11/12/2008 11:22:30 AM >>>
I’ll keep you updated.

>>> Deborah Needham 11/12/2008 11:17 AM >>>
The latest information indicates that the Cedar will indeed experience some minor flooding with this storm. It is expected to crest at 4 am about 1 foot above flood stage. The Maplewood annexation area was mentioned as an area of concern by the National Weather Service. If citizens are displaced or lose access to their homes, this will become more involved than a Public Works response.

We are still evaluating this information, and a meeting will take place at 2 pm with field response representatives to also discuss field incident command organization and EOC activation triggers. I will provide an update to you at approximately 5:00 pm following that meeting. By then we will have also gained some more information from a National Weather Service briefing and a State conference call.

deb

Deborah Needham
Emergency Management Director
City of Renton

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We had a 500 year flood!

Feb07
2008 Written by Randy Corman

Scientists say that the December flooding was not a 20 year flood, or a 100 year flood, but a 500 YEAR FLOOD! See the story here.

To understand how bad this is, the scale looks something like this:

Winter flood
5 year flood
20 year flood
100 year flood
500 YEAR FLOOD
1000 year flood
Noah’s flood

As a reminder of the rainfall, here is a video from 180th down by IKEA

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Renton flooding

Dec08
2007 Written by Randy Corman

I found this on youtube. Flooding down in the valley, next to IKEA. This street was allowed to stay open during Monday’s flooding, but I would not have driven through.

The quality of this video is very good for a home video, and the informal narration helps you understand what is happening, but there are some profane exclamations in spots, as the water gets high around the vehicles. So turn the sound of if this will offend you.

 

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