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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
349 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND OR HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...
ALSEA RIVER NEAR TIDEWATER AFFECTING BENTON AND LINCOLN COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS MORNING AT 1030 AM PST.
ORC003-041-191830-
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/TIDO3.2.ER.251219T0649Z.251219T1200Z.251219T1726Z.NO/
349 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO THIS
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...ALSEA RIVER NEAR TIDEWATER.
* WHEN...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...ABOVE 21.5 FEET, THE FLOW IS ABOUT 27,000 CFS AND HAS A
20 PERCENT CHANCE OF BEING EXCEEDED IN A GIVEN YEAR (AKA 5-YEAR
FLOOD).
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:00 AM PST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 3:00 AM PST FRIDAY WAS 21.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL OSCILLATE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WITH A
MAXIMUM VALUE OF 21.4 FEET EARLY THIS MORNING. IT WILL FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4443 12400 4441 12381 4439 12380 4439 12360
4437 12360 4434 12368 4434 12384 4438 12388
4438 12386 4439 12400
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