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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
543 PM PST THU DEC 18 2025
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CLACKAMAS OR-COLUMBIA OR-MULTNOMAH OR-WASHINGTON OR-YAMHILL OR-
CLARK WA-SKAMANIA WA-
543 PM PST THU DEC 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM PST THIS EVENING
..REPLACES FLOOD ADVISORY
* WHAT...URBAN AREA AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, CLACKAMAS, COLUMBIA, MULTNOMAH, WASHINGTON AND YAMHILL
AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, CLARK
AND SKAMANIA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 845 PM PST.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE
PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 543 PM PST, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HILLSBORO, MCMINNVILLE, OREGON CITY, BATTLE GROUND,
WASHOUGAL, ST. HELENS, SANDY, WOODLAND, STEVENSON, CASCADE
LOCKS, PORTLAND DOWNTOWN, VANCOUVER DOWNTOWN, PORTLAND,
VANCOUVER, GRESHAM, BEAVERTON, TIGARD, LAKE OSWEGO, TUALATIN
AND WEST LINN.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
LAT...LON 4587 12272 4590 12275 4598 12252 4596 12234
4606 12223 4586 12188 4570 12182 4565 12192
4541 12190 4498 12253 4513 12279 4527 12278
4521 12305 4524 12345 4542 12345 4542 12328
4552 12320 4578 12328 4591 12281
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