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WGUS46 KPDT 190603
FLWPDT
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1103 PM PDT WED MAR 18 2026
...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 CLIFFDELL, NACHES...MODERATE
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PDT.
WAC077-192300-
/O.NEW.KPDT.FL.W.0003.260319T0603Z-260323T0600Z/
/NACW1.2.ER.260319T0536Z.260321T1800Z.260326T0905Z.NO/
1103 PM PDT WED MAR 18 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE SUNDAY
EVENING...
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...NACHES RIVER NEAR NACHES.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 19.0 FEET, MODERATE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE FROM
CLIFFDELL DOWNSTREAM TO YAKIMA.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:45 PM PDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 19.4 FEET LATE SATURDAY
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE SUNDAY
EVENING TO 17.3 FEET LATE TUESDAY MORNING. IT WILL RISE ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE TO 18.1 FEET WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25. IT WILL THEN
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AGAIN THURSDAY, MARCH 26.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.8 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
19.0 FEET ON 11/30/1995.
- 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
MC
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