931  
WGUS46 KPQR 181320  
FLWPQR  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR  
520 AM PST THU DEC 18 2025  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND OR HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...  
 
S YAMHILL RIVER AT MCMINNVILLE AFFECTING YAMHILL 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.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 400 PM PST.  
 
 
 
ORC071-190000-  
/O.NEW.KPQR.FL.W.0039.251220T0332Z-251221T0613Z/  
/MCMO3.2.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NR/  
520 AM PST THU DEC 18 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING TO LATE SATURDAY  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF  
RECORD.  
 
* WHERE...S YAMHILL RIVER AT MCMINNVILLE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY EVENING TO LATE SATURDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...ABOVE 58.0 FEET, EXPECT FLOODING OF SOME BUILDINGS AND  
STRUCTURES IN THE SOUTH PORTIONS OF MCMINNVILLE, ALONG WITH  
WIDESPREAD FARMLAND FLOODING AND NUMEROUS FLOODED ROADS ALONG THE  
SOUTH YAMHILL NEAR MCMINNVILLE AND DOWNSTREAM TO THE CONFLUENCE  
WITH THE WILLAMETTE RIVER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 5:00 AM PST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 29.5 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 45.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW  
EVENING, CRESTING TO 57.4 FEET EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. IT  
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 50.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4516 12321 4521 12319 4524 12313 4525 12312  
4523 12307 4525 12305 4524 12302 4523 12302  
4523 12305 4521 12306 4522 12311 4522 12313  
4520 12314 4518 12314 4515 12319  
 
 
 
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