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WGUS86 KPQR 290319
FLSPQR
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
719 PM PST WED FEB 28 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
WASHINGTON...
GRAYS RIVER AT COVERED BRIDGE NEAR ROSBURG AFFECTING WAHKIAKUM
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BYTHURSDAY MORNING AT 600 AM PST.
WAC069-291400-
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/GRRW1.1.ER.240229T0048Z.240229T0600Z.240229T1228Z.UU/
719 PM PST WED FEB 28 2024
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TOMORROW
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...GRAYS RIVER AT COVERED BRIDGE NEAR ROSBURG.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...ABOVE 12.0 FEET, EXPECT SOME FLOODING OF ROADS ALONG AND
NEAR THE GRAYS RIVER, INCLUDING ROADWAY APPROACHES TO THE ALTOONA
BRIDGE OVER THE GRAYS, AND PORTIONS OF COVERED BRIDGE ROAD,
BARR-DURRAH ROAD, AND LOOP ROAD NEAR ROSBURG AND HWY 4.
ABOVE 14.0 FEET, EXPECT WIDESPREAD LOWLAND FLOODING AND NUMEROUS
FLOODED ROADS NEAR ROSBURG AND HWY 4. THIS INCLUDES THE ROADWAY
APPROACHES TO THE ALTOONA BRIDGE OVER THE GRAYS RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:15 PM PST WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 6:15 PM PST WEDNESDAY WAS 12.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO AROUND 14 FEET LATER
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING, REMAINING BELOW FLOOD STAGE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
WEEK.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4632 12368 4633 12368 4636 12361 4636 12358
4637 12356 4636 12355 4634 12358 4634 12361
4631 12366
WEAGLE
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