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WGUS86 KPQR 140108
FLSPQR
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
608 PM PDT FRI MAR 13 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
WASHINGTON...OREGON...
COWLITZ RIVER AT KELSO AFFECTING COWLITZ COUNTY.
GRAYS RIVER AT COVERED BRIDGE NEAR ROSBURG AFFECTING WAHKIAKUM
COUNTY.
JOHNSON CREEK AT SYCAMORE AFFECTING MULTNOMAH AND CLACKAMAS
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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 BY LATE TONIGHT AT 515 AM PDT.
WAC015-141215-
/O.EXT.KPQR.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/KELW1.1.ER.260313T1843Z.260313T2258Z.260315T1028Z.NO/
608 PM PDT FRI MAR 13 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...COWLITZ RIVER AT KELSO.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...ABOVE 24.5 FEET, FLOODING OF A FEW RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN
KELSO BEGINS. ALSO EXPECT WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF PASTURE LAND AND
LOW LYING ROADS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:28 PM PDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 5:28 PM PDT FRIDAY WAS 23.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL OSCILLATE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WITH A
MAXIMUM VALUE OF 23.2 FEET LATE TONIGHT. IT WILL FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY MORNING.
- 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
WAC069-141215-
/O.EXT.KPQR.FL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/GRRW1.1.ER.260313T2315Z.260314T0015Z.260314T0119Z.UU/
608 PM PDT FRI MAR 13 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...GRAYS RIVER AT COVERED BRIDGE NEAR ROSBURG.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...ABOVE 28.5 FEET, EXPECT SOME FLOODING OF ROADS ALONG AND
NEAR THE GRAYS RIVER, ESPECIALLY DOWNSTREAM OF THE GAGE, INCLUDING
ROADWAY APPROACHES TO THE ALTOONA BRIDGE OVER THE GRAYS, AND
PORTIONS OF COVERED BRIDGE ROAD, BARR-DURRAH ROAD, AND LOOP ROAD
NEAR ROSBURG AND HWY 4.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:15 PM PDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 28.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 27.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 5:15 PM PDT FRIDAY WAS 28.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 28.5 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4632 12368 4633 12368 4636 12361 4636 12358
4637 12356 4636 12355 4634 12358 4634 12361
4631 12366
ORC005-051-141215-
/O.EXT.KPQR.FL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/SYCO3.1.ER.260314T1150Z.260314T1200Z.260314T1213Z.NO/
608 PM PDT FRI MAR 13 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...JOHNSON CREEK AT SYCAMORE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...ABOVE 11.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING BEGINS ALONG JOHNSON
CREEK BETWEEN SE 92ND STREET TO SE 122ND STREET AND BETWEEN
JOHNSON CREEK AND SE HAROLD STREET.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:30 PM PDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TO 11.1 FEET
LATE TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4546 12262 4547 12262 4546 12259 4548 12256
4548 12251 4549 12248 4549 12245 4548 12245
4548 12248 4547 12251 4547 12256 4545 12259
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