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WGUS86 KPDT 231716
FLSPDT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1016 AM PDT MON MAR 23 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
WASHINGTON...
YAKIMA RIVER AT KIONA AFFECTING BENTON COUNTY.
FOR THE YAKIMA RIVER...INCLUDING 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.
WAC005-240530-
/O.EXT.KPDT.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-260324T1635Z/
/KIOW1.1.ER.260322T2245Z.260323T1600Z.260324T1035Z.NO/
1016 AM PDT MON MAR 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...YAKIMA RIVER AT KIONA.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW 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 9:30 AM PDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:30 AM PDT MONDAY WAS 13.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT
TO 11.0 FEET LATE THURSDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN RISE TO 11.2
FEET LATE FRIDAY MORNING. IT WILL FALL TO 9.0 FEET TUESDAY,
MARCH 31 THEN RISE AGAIN.
- 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
MR
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