228
WGUS46 KPQR 190625
FLWPQR
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1025 PM PST THU DEC 18 2025
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...
MARYS RIVER NEAR PHILOMATH AFFECTING BENTON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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 FRIDAY MORNING AT 1030 AM PST.
ORC003-191830-
/O.EXT.KPQR.FL.W.0030.251219T0828Z-251220T1120Z/
/PHIO3.2.ER.251219T0828Z.251219T1200Z.251220T0520Z.NR/
1025 PM PST THU DEC 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF
RECORD.
* WHERE...MARYS RIVER NEAR PHILOMATH.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...ABOVE 21.0 FEET, EXPECT MAJOR AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING
ALONG THE MARYS RIVER FROM PHILOMATH TO CORVALLIS, WITH NUMEROUS
HOMES AND FARMS AFFECTED. SEVERAL ROADS WILL LIKELY BE FLOODED,
INCLUDING GRANGE HALL ROAD, 13TH STREET / FERN ROAD, CHAPEL DRIVE,
AND BELLFOUNTAIN ROAD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 PM PST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING AND CREST AROUND 21.0 FEET LATE FRIDAY MORNING. THE
RIVER WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4453 12339 4454 12338 4453 12331 4454 12329
4456 12328 4456 12327 4454 12327 4452 12329
4451 12331
42
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page