277  
WGUS86 KPQR 211223  
FLSPQR  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR  
423 AM PST SUN DEC 21 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...  
 
PUDDING RIVER AT AURORA AFFECTING CLACKAMAS AND MARION COUNTIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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.  
 
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 AFTERNOON AT 400 PM PST.  
 
 
 
ORC005-047-220000-  
/O.EXT.KPQR.FL.W.0031.000000T0000Z-251224T0242Z/  
/AURO3.1.ER.251220T0035Z.251221T0630Z.251223T1742Z.NO/  
423 AM PST SUN DEC 21 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...PUDDING RIVER AT AURORA.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...ABOVE 24.0 FEET, EXPECT CONSIDERABLE FLOODING OF  
LOW-LYING AGRICULTURAL LAND AND SECONDARY ROADS FROM THE WHISKEY  
HILL AREA DOWNSTREAM TO THE CONFLUENCE WITH THE MOLALLA RIVER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 4:00 AM PST SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 24.7 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 4:00 AM PST SUNDAY WAS 24.9 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 15.0 FEET  
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4528 12275 4528 12273 4522 12273 4517 12275  
4515 12277 4515 12280 4519 12277 4522 12276  
4525 12276  
 
 
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