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WGUS46 KPQR 190005  
FLWPQR  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR  
405 PM PST THU DEC 18 2025  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND OR HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...  
 
N SANTIAM RIVER AT MEHAMA AFFECTING LINN AND MARION COUNTIES.  
 
SANTIAM RIVER AT JEFFERSON AFFECTING LINN AND MARION COUNTIES.  
 
THOMAS CR NEAR SCIO AFFECTING LINN COUNTY.  
 
MOHAWK RIVER NEAR SPRINGFIELD AFFECTING LANE COUNTY.  
 
TUALATIN RIVER NEAR DILLEY AFFECTING WASHINGTON 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 LATE TONIGHT AT 415 AM PST.  
 

 
 
ORC043-047-191215-  
/O.NEW.KPQR.FL.W.0042.251219T0446Z-251219T2105Z/  
/MEHO3.1.ER.251219T0446Z.251219T1200Z.251219T1504Z.NO/  
405 PM PST THU DEC 18 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY FRIDAY  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...N SANTIAM RIVER AT MEHAMA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...ABOVE 11.0 FEET, EXPECT MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING  
AREAS ALONG THE NORTH SANTIAM FROM GATES DOWNSTREAM TO STAYTON.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 3:45 PM PST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.5 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.6 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING  
AND CREST AROUND 11.8 FEET LATE TONIGHT. IT WILL FALL BELOW  
FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4478 12281 4479 12281 4480 12278 4480 12274  
4479 12268 4480 12263 4476 12250 4476 12235  
4474 12235 4474 12253 4478 12263 4477 12268  
4478 12274  
 

 
 
ORC043-047-191215-  
/O.NEW.KPQR.FL.W.0043.251219T0750Z-251220T0906Z/  
/JFFO3.1.ER.251219T0750Z.251219T1200Z.251220T0305Z.NO/  
405 PM PST THU DEC 18 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY SATURDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...SANTIAM RIVER AT JEFFERSON.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...ABOVE 19.0 FEET, EXPECT WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF LOWLANDS  
AND AGRICULTURAL AREAS, ALONG WITH FLOODING OF SOME SECONDARY  
ROADS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 3:45 PM PST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.6 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS  
EVENING AND CREST AROUND 17.8 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. THE RIVER  
WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4476 12313 4477 12311 4475 12305 4472 12300  
4469 12300 4469 12303 4471 12303 4472 12305  
4473 12305 4475 12313  
 

 
 
ORC043-191215-  
/O.NEW.KPQR.FL.W.0044.251219T1121Z-251219T1824Z/  
/TRSO3.1.ER.251219T1121Z.251219T1200Z.251219T1223Z.UU/  
405 PM PST THU DEC 18 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS EVENING TO FRIDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...THOMAS CR NEAR SCIO.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE THIS EVENING TO FRIDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...ABOVE 18.0 FEET, EXPECT SOME FLOODING OF ROADS AND  
PROPERTY IN AND NEAR SCIO AND ALONG THOMAS CREEK.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 2:45 PM PST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.3 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.5 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS  
EVENING AND CREST AROUND 18.2 FEET LATE TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN  
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4470 12295 4471 12287 4473 12283 4473 12277  
4470 12276 4470 12283 4469 12285 4468 12295  
 

 
 
ORC039-191215-  
/O.NEW.KPQR.FL.W.0045.251219T1432Z-251220T1059Z/  
/SPRO3.1.ER.251219T1432Z.251219T1800Z.251220T0458Z.NO/  
405 PM PST THU DEC 18 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO EARLY SATURDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MOHAWK RIVER NEAR SPRINGFIELD.  
 
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...ABOVE 18.0 FEET, EXPECT EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF FARMLAND  
AND LOCAL ROADS FROM MARCOLA DOWN TO THE CONFLUENCE WITH THE  
MCKENZIE RIVER. ALSO EXPECT NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 2:45 PM PST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.0 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.5 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY  
MORNING AND CREST AROUND 16.9 FEET LATE FRIDAY MORNING. IT  
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE FRIDAY.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4409 12298 4412 12294 4415 12292 4418 12286  
4417 12285 4414 12290 4411 12292 4408 12296  
 

 
 
ORC067-191215-  
/O.NEW.KPQR.FL.W.0046.251219T1626Z-251220T1630Z/  
/DLLO3.1.ER.251219T1626Z.251220T0000Z.251220T0729Z.NR/  
405 PM PST THU DEC 18 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO SATURDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...TUALATIN RIVER NEAR DILLEY.  
 
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO SATURDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...ABOVE 17.5 FEET, SEVERAL MINOR ROADS BEGIN TO FLOOD AND  
MAY BE CLOSED. WIDESPREAD LOWLAND AGRICULTURAL FLOODING OCCURS AT  
THIS AND HIGHER STAGES.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 3:45 PM PST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.5 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
FRIDAY MORNING AND CREST AROUND 17.7 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
THE RIVER WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE FRIDAY.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.5 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4544 12314 4548 12313 4551 12309 4551 12308  
4550 12305 4549 12305 4549 12309 4544 12312  
 

 
 
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