794  
WGUS46 KPDT 250013  
FLWPDT  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR  
513 PM PDT TUE MAR 24 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON OR HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...  
 
YAKIMA RIVER AT UMTANUM AFFECTING KITTITAS COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PDT.  
 
 
 
WAC037-251400-  
/O.NEW.KPDT.FL.W.0007.260325T2037Z-260326T1700Z/  
/UMTW1.1.RS.260325T2037Z.260326T0000Z.260326T0733Z.NO/  
513 PM PDT TUE MAR 24 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE THURSDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...YAKIMA RIVER AT UMTANUM.  
 
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE THURSDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 35.5 FEET, AT THIS LEVEL, THERE WILL BE MINOR  
FLOODING IN AREAS ALONG THE RIVER FROM TEANAWAY TO ELLENSBURG  
INCLUDING IRENE RIENHART PARK IN ELLENSBURG.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 4:15 PM PDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 33.8 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 33.5 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 35.6 FEET TOMORROW  
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THURSDAY  
MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 35.5 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
35.2 FEET ON 01/31/1965.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4701 12058 4696 12050 4689 12048 4687 12046  
4685 12048 4685 12050 4689 12051 4693 12053  
4698 12060  
 
 
 
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