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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
833 PM PDT SAT MAR 14 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WASHINGTON...
CHEHALIS RIVER ABOVE GRAND MOUND AFFECTING THURSTON AND GRAYS
HARBOR COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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 445 AM PDT.
WAC027-067-151145-
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/CGMW1.2.ER.260314T0552Z.260315T0600Z.260316T0411Z.NO/
833 PM PDT SAT MAR 14 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...CHEHALIS RIVER ABOVE GRAND MOUND.
* WHEN...UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 142.5 FEET, THE CHEHALIS RIVER IN THURSTON COUNTY
WILL FLOOD SEVERAL ROADS IN INDEPENDENCE VALLEY WITH SWIFTLY
MOVING WATER INCLUDING SR-12 AND JAMES, INDEPENDENCE, MOON AND
ANDERSON ROADS. FLOOD WATERS WILL CUT OFF ACCESS TO AND FROM
CHEHALIS RESERVATION AND INUNDATE NEARBY FARM LANDS. SOME
RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES MAY BE THREATENED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 PM PDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 142.5 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 141.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:00 PM PDT SATURDAY WAS 142.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 142.5
FEET LATE THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL THEN RECEDE ENOUGH TO
RETURN TO MINOR FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IT WILL
CONTINUE TO RECEDE BEFORE FALLING BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE
SUNDAY EVENING.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4672 12305 4677 12315 4682 12340 4693 12318
4690 12304 4681 12289
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