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WGUS86 KPQR 291352
FLSPQR
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
552 AM PST THU FEB 29 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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 THIS MORNING AT 1000 AM PST.
WAC069-291800-
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552 AM PST THU FEB 29 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...GRAYS RIVER AT COVERED BRIDGE NEAR ROSBURG.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THIS 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:15 AM PST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 5:15 AM PST THURSDAY WAS 12.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS MORNING.
- 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
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