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WGUS46 KPQR 140933
FLWPQR
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
233 AM PDT SAT MAR 14 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND OR HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
COWLITZ RIVER AT CASTLE ROCK AFFECTING COWLITZ COUNTY.
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 EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AT 600 AM
PDT.THIS MORNING AT 600 AM PDT.
WAC015-141300-
/O.NEW.KPQR.FL.W.0008.260314T0942Z-000000T0000Z/
/CASW1.1.ER.260314T0942Z.260314T1200Z.260314T1418Z.NO/
233 AM PDT SAT MAR 14 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...COWLITZ RIVER AT CASTLE ROCK.
* WHEN...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...ABOVE 48.0 FEET, EXPECT FLOODING OF SEVERAL ROADS AND
LOW-LYING AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN AREAS NOT PROTECTED BY LEVEES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:30 AM PDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 47.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 46.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TO 48.6 FEET
EARLY THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 48.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4632 12293 4628 12293 4626 12293 4625 12291
4620 12293 4620 12289 4625 12287 4629 12290
4633 12291
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