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WGUS46 KPQR 191159
FLWPQR
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
359 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2025
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...
SANDY RIVER NEAR BULL RUN AFFECTING MULTNOMAH AND CLACKAMAS
COUNTIES.
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 THIS MORNING AT 1030 AM PST.
ORC005-051-191830-
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359 AM PST FRI DEC 19 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF RECORD.
* WHERE...SANDY RIVER NEAR BULL RUN.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...ABOVE 21.5 FEET, EXPECT SIGNIFICANT BANK EROSION, LARGE
AMOUNTS OF DEBRIS IN THE RIVER, AND FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG
THE RIVER, ESPECIALLY IN THE LOWER REACH OF THE SANDY NEAR
TROUTDALE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:45 AM PST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 3:45 AM PST FRIDAY WAS 21.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OVERNIGHT
AND CREST AROUND 21.8 EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE FRIDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.3 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4554 12238 4554 12237 4552 12236 4552 12234
4551 12233 4551 12230 4550 12227 4548 12228
4546 12224 4544 12224 4543 12225 4542 12224
4540 12225 4540 12227 4542 12228 4544 12227
4549 12232 4551 12238
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