884  
WGUS86 KPDT 221501  
FLSPDT  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR  
801 AM PDT SUN MAR 22 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
WASHINGTON...  
 
YAKIMA RIVER AT KIONA AFFECTING BENTON COUNTY.  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
WASHINGTON...  
 
NACHES RIVER NEAR NACHES AFFECTING YAKIMA COUNTY.  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
WASHINGTON...  
 
YAKIMA RIVER NEAR PARKER AFFECTING YAKIMA COUNTY.  
 
FOR THE YAKIMA RIVER...INCLUDING HORLICK, UMTANUM, PARKER, KIONA...  
MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
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.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PDT.  
 

 
 
WAC077-221615-  
/O.CAN.KPDT.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-260322T1501Z/  
/PARW1.1.ER.260321T1203Z.260321T2130Z.260322T0745Z.NO/  
801 AM PDT SUN MAR 22 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED
 
 
THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR  
THE YAKIMA RIVER NEAR PARKER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 6:30 AM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.8 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.4 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL TO 9.4 FEET AND BELOW ACTION  
STAGE AT 5 PM TODAY.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4664 12051 4660 12046 4655 12044 4652 12045  
4648 12040 4647 12038 4645 12041 4651 12050  
4655 12050 4660 12050 4662 12053  
 

 
 
WAC005-222315-  
/O.EXT.KPDT.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-260324T0744Z/  
/KIOW1.1.ER.260323T0000Z.260323T1800Z.260324T0144Z.NO/  
801 AM PDT SUN MAR 22 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...YAKIMA RIVER AT KIONA.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, THERE WILL BE MINOR FLOODING OF PASTURES  
AND ROADS ADJACENT TO THE RIVER...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS OF  
WEST RICHLAND.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:30 AM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.6 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 13.2 FEET LATE TOMORROW  
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW  
EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
13.3 FEET ON 04/03/2011.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4628 11950 4633 11951 4639 11944 4637 11938  
4629 11931 4626 11928 4624 11930 4630 11937  
4636 11943 4633 11947 4627 11946 4624 11949  
4626 11952  
 

 
 
WAC077-222315-  
/O.EXT.KPDT.FL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260323T0800Z/  
/NACW1.1.ER.260319T0536Z.260321T1145Z.260323T0200Z.NO/  
801 AM PDT SUN MAR 22 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...NACHES RIVER NEAR NACHES.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 17.8 FEET, THERE WILL BE MINOR FLOODING NEAR NACHES,  
ESCHBACK PARK, PAINTED ROCK AND THE NORTH END OF YAKIMA.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 6:45 AM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.2 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 6:45 AM PDT SUNDAY WAS 18.7 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 16.1 FEET TUESDAY, MARCH  
31.  
- 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  
 

 
 
MC  
 
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