144  
WGUS86 KPDT 241326  
FLSPDT  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR  
526 AM PST MON FEB 24 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...  
 
JOHN DAY RIVER AT SERVICE CREEK AFFECTING WHEELER COUNTY.  
 
FOR THE JOHN DAY RIVER...INCLUDING SERVICE CREEK, MONUMENT, JOHN  
DAY...MINOR 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.  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PDT.  
 

 
 
ORC069-250000-  
/O.CON.KPDT.FL.W.0002.250225T0312Z-000000T0000Z/  
/SERO3.1.RS.250224T2124Z.250225T0000Z.250225T0946Z.NO/  
526 AM PST MON FEB 24 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER  
NOTICE...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...JOHN DAY RIVER AT SERVICE CREEK.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 11.5 FEET, FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND BUILDINGS  
CLOSE TO THE RIVER ARE POSSIBLE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 4:30 AM PST MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.6 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS  
AFTERNOON TO 11.7 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL  
BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, THEN DROP  
BELOW BANKFULL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.5 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
12.9 FEET ON 03/14/1983.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4475 12018 4474 12014 4479 12006 4481 11999  
4479 11998 4477 12005 4474 12011 4472 12015  
4473 12020 4474 12020  
 

 
 
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