169  
WGUS46 KPDT 171439  
FLWPDT  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR  
639 AM PST WED DEC 17 2025  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON OR HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...  
 
NACHES RIVER NEAR NACHES AFFECTING YAKIMA COUNTY.  
 
FOR THE NACHES RIVER...INCLUDING NACHES...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE  
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  
 
STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO,  
TELEVISION, OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PDT.  
 

 
 
WAC077-172300-  
/O.NEW.KPDT.FL.W.0011.251217T1439Z-251218T0600Z/  
/NACW1.1.ER.251217T1327Z.251218T0000Z.251218T0805Z.NO/  
639 AM PST WED DEC 17 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE THIS EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECASTED.  
 
* WHERE...NACHES RIVER NEAR NACHES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 17.8 FEET, AT THIS LEVEL, THERE WILL BE MINOR  
FLOODING NEAR NACHES, ESCHBACK PARK, PAINTED ROCK AND THE NORTH  
END OF YAKIMA.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 5:45 AM PST WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.9 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 5:45 AM PST WEDNESDAY WAS 17.9 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 18.2 FEET LATE THIS  
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER  
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 17.0 FEET TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL  
RISE TO 17.5 FEET LATE FRIDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL  
AGAIN AND REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.8 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
18.3 FEET ON 05/18/2008.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4675 12076 4672 12065 4667 12063 4664 12058  
4664 12052 4662 12051 4662 12058 4664 12063  
4669 12069 4672 12072 4674 12079  
 

 
 
MF  
 
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