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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
241 AM PDT SAT MAR 14 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
SOUTH FORK PALOUSE RIVER AT PULLMAN AFFECTING WHITMAN COUNTY.
FOR THE PALOUSE RIVER...INCLUDING PULLMAN...MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT NOON PDT.
WAC075-141900-
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/PULW1.2.ER.260314T0624Z.260314T1200Z.260314T1728Z.NO/
241 AM PDT SAT MAR 14 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...SOUTH FORK PALOUSE RIVER AT PULLMAN.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING IN THE RESIDENTIAL AND
BUSINESS AREAS ALONG THE RIVER IN AND AROUND PULLMAN CAN BE
EXPECTED. PONDING OF WATER ON PORTIONS OF GRAND AVE NEAR MISSOURI
FLAT CREEK. FLOODING IN PORTIONS OF SPRING STREET SKATE PARK, THE
CITY PALYFIELDS, AND THE PULLMAN RV PARK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:15 AM PDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 2:15 AM PDT SATURDAY WAS 8.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL OSCILLATE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WITH A
MAXIMUM VALUE OF 8.2 FEET EARLY THIS MORNING. IT WILL FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
8.3 FEET ON 02/13/1979.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4692 11735 4682 11704 4657 11703 4681 11750
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