766
WGUS46 KPQR 130842
FLWPQR
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
142 AM PDT FRI MAR 13 2026
ORC051-131100-
/O.EXT.KPQR.FA.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260313T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MULTNOMAH OR-
142 AM PDT FRI MAR 13 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING
* 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 400 AM PDT.
* IMPACTS...STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM
RAINFALL. EXPECT MANY AREAS OF SLOW MOVING OR STANDING WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 138 AM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GRESHAM, TROUTDALE, FAIRVIEW AND WOOD VILLAGE.
- THE TUALATIN RIVER AT DILLY AND THE NEHALEM RIVER NEAR FOSS
ARE CURRENTLY AT ACTION STAGE, WITH MULTIPLE OTHER RIVERS
FORECASTED TO REACH ACTION STAGE OR MINOR FLOOD STAGE BY
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
- 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
42
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page