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FLWPDT



BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Pendleton OR

1103 PM PDT Wed Mar 18 2026



...The National Weather Service in Pendleton OR has issued a Flood 

Warning for the following rivers in Washington...



  Naches River near Naches affecting Yakima County.



For the Naches River...including Cliffdell, Naches...Moderate 

flooding is forecast.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 

deaths occur in vehicles.



Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/pdt.



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/NACW1.2.ER.260319T0536Z.260321T1800Z.260326T0905Z.NO/

1103 PM PDT Wed Mar 18 2026



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE SUNDAY 

EVENING...

...REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH...



* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...Naches River near Naches.



* WHEN...From this evening to late Sunday evening.



* IMPACTS...At 19.0 feet, Moderate flooding is possible from 

  Cliffdell downstream to Yakima.





* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 9:45 PM PDT Wednesday the stage was 17.8 feet.

  - Bankfull stage is 15.0 feet.

  - Forecast...The river will rise to 19.4 feet late Saturday

    morning. It will then fall below flood stage late Sunday

    evening to 17.3 feet late Tuesday morning. It will rise above

    flood stage to 18.1 feet Wednesday, March 25. It will then

    fall below flood stage again Thursday, March 26.

  - Flood stage is 17.8 feet.

  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of

    19.0 feet on 11/30/1995.

  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood



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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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MC