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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
359 PM PDT TUE MAR 24 2026
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KITTITAS WA-
359 PM PDT TUE MAR 24 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY
..REPLACES FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...FLOODING ALONG THE YAKIMA RIVER AT EASTON CAUSED BY
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY, KITTITAS.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1100 PM PDT THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 352 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED MODERATE RAIN ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY ALONG THE YAKIMA RIVER
NEAR EASTON AND ELK MEADOWS.
- THE CURRENT OBSERVATION FOR THE YAKIMA RIVER AT EASTON IS
51.0 FEET AT 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON. MINOR FLOOD STAGE FOR THE
YAKIMA RIVER AT EASTON IS 51.3 FEET. THE YAKIMA RIVER IS
EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE MINOR FLOOD STAGE AROUND MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT, PEAK AT 51.6 FEET AT 5 PM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THEN
DROP BELOW MINOR FLOOD STAGE 5 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EASTON AND ELK MEADOWS.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4720 12105 4718 12102 4716 12101 4717 12105
4719 12108 4723 12115 4723 12117 4723 12119
4725 12118 4724 12114
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