357  
WGUS86 KPDT 242259  
FLSPDT  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR  
359 PM PDT TUE MAR 24 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
WASHINGTON...  
 
NACHES RIVER NEAR NACHES AFFECTING YAKIMA COUNTY.  
 
FOR THE NACHES RIVER...INCLUDING NACHES...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW  
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PDT.  
 

 
 
WAC077-251415-  
/O.CON.KPDT.FL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260326T2254Z/  
/NACW1.1.ER.260319T0536Z.260321T1145Z.260326T1659Z.NO/  
359 PM PDT TUE MAR 24 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...NACHES RIVER NEAR NACHES.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 19.0 FEET, MODERATE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE FROM  
CLIFFDELL DOWNSTREAM TO YAKIMA.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 2:45 PM PDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.7 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 18.5 FEET LATE TOMORROW  
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THURSDAY  
MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.8 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
18.6 FEET ON 02/07/2020.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4675 12076 4672 12065 4667 12063 4664 12058  
4664 12052 4662 12051 4662 12058 4664 12063  
4669 12069 4672 12072 4674 12079  
 

 
 
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