The flooding in low-lying areas is drying out slowly, meaning residents in the Snoqualmie Valley may have dodged a bullet.
By all accounts, the threat of the Snoqualmie and Tolt rivers flooding is receding along with the rivers themselves.
The Snoqualmie River was running high and fast through its namesake city, attracting a lot of people. It brought Amber Pearce of Snoqualmie and two members of her family out on this Seahawks Sunday.
"It's beautiful," said Pearce. "I love coming down here this time of year, you know, peeking around the river, watching it come down."
But the sight that enticed them out of their warm, dry home had flood watchers on edge. The King County Flood Warning Center opened at 3:30 a.m. Sunday. Two hours later, an alert was sent out that the Snoqualmie River had reached Stage 3 flood status.
"Moderate flooding is expected in low lying areas throughout the Snoqualmie Valley," the alert said.
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Indeed, the Snoqualmie River did overflow its banks, forcing King County to close several roads on Saturday.
But the maintenance manager for King County roads says the rivers began receding during the day Sunday, reducing the threat of flooding from the day before.
"That's right," said Jeremy Ferguson. "We're seeing the river gauges go down as that swell of rain came in and it's washing down."
Still people kept coming, awed by the result of the first major rainfall so far this mostly dry fall season.
"We were just driving by and we're like it seemed like it's a little high for this time of year," said Omer Mushtaq of Shoreline. "So (we) might as well take a look and check it out."
The good news is that the Snoqualmie and the Tolt rivers are expected to continue receding. So much so, that the King County Flood Warning Center closed at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, 11 hours after it opened. But flood watchers continue to monitor the rivers, just in case.