757  
WGUS86 KPDT 172054  
FLSPDT  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR  
1254 PM PST WED DEC 17 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
WASHINGTON...  
 
NACHES RIVER NEAR NACHES AFFECTING YAKIMA COUNTY.  
 
FOR THE NACHES RIVER...INCLUDING CLIFFDELL, NACHES...MINOR FLOODING  
IS FORECAST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE  
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  
 
STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO,  
TELEVISION, OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PDT.  
 

 
 
WAC077-181200-  
/O.EXT.KPDT.FL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-251220T0052Z/  
/NACW1.2.ER.251217T1327Z.251218T0000Z.251219T1852Z.NO/  
1254 PM PST WED DEC 17 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...NACHES RIVER NEAR NACHES.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 19.0 FEET, MODERATE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE FROM  
CLIFFDELL DOWNSTREAM TO YAKIMA.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 11:45 AM PST WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.6 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 11:45 AM PST WEDNESDAY WAS 18.6 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO 18.7 FEET LATE THIS  
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW  
MORNING TO 17.4 FEET TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL RISE TO  
FLOOD STAGE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE FALLING BELOW FLOOD  
STAGE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON  
- 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  
 

 
 
MD  
 
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