SEQUIM — Intense rains and heavy snow melt have led to a new flood-stage record on the Dungeness River.
The river crested just before 9 p.m. Monday at 8.37 feet at the monitoring station southwest of Sequim, U.S. Geological Survey data shows.
Flood stage is 7 feet on the Dungeness River.
It was flowing at a rate of 7,610 cubic feet per second.
A cubic foot per second is a measurement of flow equivalent to one cubic foot of water passing a given point during one second.
By comparison, at midnight on Jan. 1, the river was at 3.25 feet and 338 cubic feet per second, according to Geological Survey records.
The previous flood-stage record was set Nov. 24, 1990, when the river level rose to 8.35 feet and a flow rate of 7,120 cubic feet per second.
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