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WGUS86 KPDT 232356
FLSPDT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
456 PM PDT MON MAR 23 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.
FOR THE YAKIMA RIVER...INCLUDING HORLICK, UMTANUM, PARKER, KIONA...
MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PDT.
WAC005-241500-
/O.EXT.KPDT.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-260324T1556Z/
/KIOW1.1.ER.260322T2245Z.260323T1600Z.260324T0956Z.NO/
456 PM PDT MON MAR 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...YAKIMA RIVER AT KIONA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 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 4:30 PM PDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 4:30 PM PDT MONDAY WAS 13.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 13.3 FEET LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING TO 10.9 FEET EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
- 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
WAC077-241500-
/O.EXT.KPDT.FL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260326T1829Z/
/NACW1.1.ER.260319T0536Z.260321T1145Z.260326T1229Z.NO/
456 PM PDT MON MAR 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THURSDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...NACHES RIVER NEAR NACHES.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THURSDAY MORNING.
* 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 3:45 PM PDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 3:45 PM PDT MONDAY WAS 18.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE
TONIGHT TO 17.6 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN RISE
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE TUESDAY EVENING TO 18.2 FEET WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. IT WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AGAIN EARLY
THURSDAY.
- 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
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