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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
749 PM PDT THU MAR 12 2026
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MULTNOMAH OR-
749 PM PDT THU MAR 12 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...URBAN AREA AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHWEST OREGON, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, MULTNOMAH.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1000 PM PDT.
* IMPACTS...STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM
EARLIER RAINFALL. EXPECT MANY AREAS OF SLOW MOVING OR STANDING
WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 749 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GRESHAM, TROUTDALE, FAIRVIEW AND WOOD VILLAGE.
- RIVER GAUGES ON THE UPPER REACHES OF JOHNSON CREEK AT GRESHAM
AND BEAVER CREEK AT TROUTDALE ARE OBSERVING MINOR FLOODING.
FAIRVIEW CREEK AT GLISAN ST IS CONTINUING TO RISE.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 4546 12245 4552 12245 4556 12239 4546 12237
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