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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1158 PM PDT FRI MAR 13 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE WA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
DESCHUTES RIVER NEAR RAINIER AFFECTING THURSTON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY SATURDAY MORNING AT 800 AM PDT.
WAC067-141500-
/O.NEW.KSEW.FL.W.0014.260314T1147Z-260314T2105Z/
/DSRW1.1.ER.260314T1147Z.260314T1200Z.260314T1204Z.NO/
1158 PM PDT FRI MAR 13 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...DESCHUTES RIVER NEAR RAINIER.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, THE DESCHUTES RIVER WILL FLOOD DOWNSTREAM
IN TUMWATER VALLEY INCLUDING THE GOLF COURSE. MINOR FLOODING WILL
ALSO OCCUR IN SEVERAL RESIDENTIAL AREAS...MAINLY COUGAR MOUNTAIN
AND DRIFTWOOD VALLEY. MANY ROADS AND FARM LANDS WILL ALSO BE
FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:45 PM PDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.8 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST RIGHT AROUND FLOOD
STAGE LATE TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
SATURDAY MORNING.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4677 12250 4690 12290 4704 12296 4704 12284
4695 12272 4683 12244
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