680  
WGUS46 KPQR 180053  
FLWPQR  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR  
453 PM PST WED DEC 17 2025  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND OR HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...  
 
CLACKAMAS RIVER NEAR OREGON CITY AFFECTING CLACKAMAS COUNTY.  
 
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND  
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...  
 
SILETZ RIVER AT SILETZ AFFECTING LINCOLN COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE  
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THURSDAY MORNING AT 615 AM PST.  
 

 
 
ORC005-181415-  
/O.NEW.KPQR.FL.W.0038.251219T0553Z-251220T1703Z/  
/COCO3.2.ER.251219T0553Z.251219T1800Z.251220T1102Z.UU/  
453 PM PST WED DEC 17 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING TO LATE SATURDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. THE CURRENT FORECAST IS THE  
LARGEST FLOOD ON THIS RIVER SINCE THE JANUARY 2009 FLOOD EVENT.  
 
* WHERE...CLACKAMAS RIVER NEAR OREGON CITY.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY EVENING TO LATE SATURDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...ABOVE 46.0 FEET, EXPECT MAJOR FLOODING OF SOME  
RESIDENCES AND BUILDINGS ALONG THE LOWER CLACKAMAS RIVER,  
INCLUDING THE MOBILE HOME PARK JUST DOWNSTREAM OF CARVER BRIDGE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 4:00 PM PST WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 29.9 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 38.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THURSDAY EVENING AND CREST AROUND 45.3 FEET LATE FRIDAY  
MORNING. IT WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SATURDAY  
MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 39.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4537 12260 4538 12260 4538 12259 4539 12258  
4540 12256 4540 12253 4541 12252 4541 12251  
4540 12250 4539 12251 4539 12256 4538 12257  
 

 
 
ORC041-181415-  
/O.EXT.KPQR.FL.W.0029.251219T0049Z-251219T2000Z/  
/SILO3.2.ER.251219T0049Z.251219T0600Z.251219T1400Z.NO/  
453 PM PST WED DEC 17 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY  
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...SILETZ RIVER AT SILETZ.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...ABOVE 20.0 FEET, EXPECT WIDESPREAD FLOODING DOWNSTREAM.  
INCREASED FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT  
DOWNSTREAM FROM MACK LANDING. NUMEROUS PRIVATE ROADS AND A TRAILER  
PARK BETWEEN MILE POST 2.5 AND MILE POST 5 NEAR SUNSET LANDING TO  
COYOTE ROCK ARE FLOODED. FLOODING MAY BE EXACERBATED DURING HIGH  
TIDE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 3:30 PM PST WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.6 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CREST AROUND 22.6 FEET LATE THURSDAY  
EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY  
MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4489 12398 4489 12390 4485 12393 4481 12390  
4480 12389 4475 12389 4475 12379 4471 12379  
4471 12395 4478 12395 4480 12402  
 

 
 
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