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WGUS86 KPDT 230559
FLSPDT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1059 PM PDT SUN MAR 22 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
WASHINGTON...
NACHES RIVER NEAR NACHES AFFECTING YAKIMA COUNTY.
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.
WAC077-240000-
/O.EXT.KPDT.FL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260324T0000Z/
/NACW1.1.ER.260319T0536Z.260321T1145Z.260323T1847Z.NO/
1059 PM PDT SUN MAR 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...NACHES RIVER NEAR NACHES.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* 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 9:45 PM PDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:45 PM PDT SUNDAY WAS 18.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
TOMORROW MORNING TO 17.3 FEET LATE TUESDAY EVENING. IT WILL
THEN RISE TO FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL FALL
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.8 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
18.0 FEET ON 12/27/1980.
- 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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