003  
WGUS46 KPQR 120838  
FLWPQR  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR  
138 AM PDT THU MAR 12 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND OR HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...  
 
WILSON RIVER NEAR TILLAMOOK AFFECTING TILLAMOOK COUNTY.  
 
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 AFTERNOON AT 145 PM PDT.  
 
 
 
ORC057-122045-  
/O.NEW.KPQR.FL.W.0002.260312T0838Z-260312T2104Z/  
/TLMO3.1.ER.260312T0703Z.260312T1200Z.260312T1503Z.UU/  
138 AM PDT THU MAR 12 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO THIS  
AFTERNOON...   
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...WILSON RIVER NEAR TILLAMOOK.  
 
* WHEN...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...ABOVE 14.0 FEET, WIDESPREAD LOWLAND AND DAIRY LAND  
FLOODING BEGINS ALONG THE WILSON RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF THE RIVER  
GAGE AT HIGHWAY 6 MILE POST 6. FLOODING ALSO BEGINS ALONG SLOUGHS,  
MAINLY DOUGHERTY, NORTH OF TILLAMOOK FROM WILSON RIVER LOOP ROAD  
WEST TO HWY 101 AND ALONG MAKINSTER ROAD WEST OF HWY 101. MINOR  
FLOODING BEGINS IN THE NORTH TILLAMOOK BUSINESS DISTRICT ALONG HWY  
101, PARTICULARLY DURING HIGH TIDE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 12:30 AM PDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.2 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 12:30 AM PDT THURSDAY WAS 12.2 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 13.9 FEET EARLY THIS  
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING TO  
8.2 FEET LATE TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL RISE TO 10.9 FEET  
LATE TOMORROW EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL AGAIN AND REMAIN  
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4548 12387 4549 12386 4548 12384 4548 12377  
4549 12371 4547 12370 4546 12375 4546 12384  
 
 
 
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