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WGUS86 KPDT 231521
FLSPDT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
821 AM PDT MON MAR 23 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
WASHINGTON...
NACHES RIVER NEAR NACHES AFFECTING YAKIMA COUNTY.
FOR THE NACHES RIVER...INCLUDING CLIFFDELL, NACHES...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.CON.KPDT.FL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260324T0000Z/
/NACW1.1.ER.260319T0536Z.260321T1145Z.260326T0256Z.NO/
821 AM PDT MON MAR 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...NACHES RIVER NEAR NACHES.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* 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 6:45 AM PDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 6:45 AM PDT MONDAY WAS 18.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON TO 17.4 FEET LATE TOMORROW EVENING. IT WILL THEN
RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING TO 17.9 FEET
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AGAIN
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
- 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
MR
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