645  
WGUS86 KPDT 201825  
FLSPDT  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR  
1025 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
WASHINGTON...  
 
NACHES RIVER NEAR NACHES AFFECTING YAKIMA COUNTY.  
 
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.  
 
 
 
WAC077-202230-  
/O.EXT.KPDT.FL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-251221T0228Z/  
/NACW1.1.ER.251217T1327Z.251219T1400Z.251220T2028Z.NO/  
1025 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND FORECAST TO EXTEND THROUGH  
THE AFTERNOON.  
 
* WHERE...NACHES RIVER NEAR NACHES.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 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 8:45 AM PST SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.0 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 8:45 AM PST SATURDAY WAS 18.6 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.8 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
18.0 FEET ON 06/17/1974.  
- 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  
 
 
 
PDT  
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