Heavy Rain in Kitsap County, Washington

Rainfall amounts, in inches, in the 24 hour period ending at 4 am on the 18th were, in the southern Olympics, Wynoochee Dam 6.77, at Wishkah Headworks 6.02. In the 24 hour period ending at 4 am on the 19th: In the southern Olympics, Wynoochee Dam 10.96 and Wishkah Headworks 7.30. At Francis, in the southwest interior, 5.10 inches. Seatac, 2.18 and Bremerton 5.38 inches. Many places in the Cascades recieved over 3 inches. The 5 day totals from the 15th to the 19th ranged from 14 to 22 inches in the southern Olympics, 4 to 9 inches in the southwest interior and 3 to 6 inches over Puget Sound.The heavy rain resulted in about 40 mudslides in Western Washington. At least 21 homes were evacuated and one home was knocked into Puget Sound from Bainbridge Island. Several homes were damaged by mudsides as well as a vehicle and a condo. In Bremerton the new monthly rainfall record for March was broken as of March 20th. The old record was 10.23 and as of the morning of the 20th they had 11.59 inches of rainfall. There were several highways closed due to the heavy rains washing out parts of the roadways.