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WGUS46 KPQR 131701
FLWPQR
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1001 AM PDT FRI MAR 13 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND OR HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
COWLITZ RIVER AT KELSO AFFECTING COWLITZ COUNTY.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BYTHIS EVENING AT 1015 PM PDT.
WAC015-140515-
/O.NEW.KPQR.FL.W.0005.260313T2303Z-260314T1238Z/
/KELW1.1.ER.260313T2303Z.260314T0100Z.260314T0637Z.NO/
1001 AM PDT FRI MAR 13 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...COWLITZ RIVER AT KELSO.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...ABOVE 21.5 FEET, FLOODING OF SEVERAL LOW LYING AND
SECONDARY ROADS BEGINS, INCLUDING THE COWLITZ GARDENS
NEIGHBORHOOD, ALONG WITH FLOODING OF PASTURE AND LOWLAND UPSTREAM
OF KELSO.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:43 AM PDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL OSCILLATE AROUND FLOOD STAGE WITH A
MAXIMUM VALUE OF 21.6 FEET THIS EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 21.5 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4620 12292 4620 12290 4619 12289 4617 12290
4614 12290 4613 12291 4612 12289 4611 12289
4611 12291 4612 12293 4613 12293 4615 12292
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