794
WGUS46 KPDT 250013
FLWPDT

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
513 PM PDT Tue Mar 24 2026

...The National Weather Service in Pendleton OR has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Washington...

  Yakima River at Umtanum affecting Kittitas County.

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.

&&

WAC037-251400-
/O.NEW.KPDT.FL.W.0007.260325T2037Z-260326T1700Z/
/UMTW1.1.RS.260325T2037Z.260326T0000Z.260326T0733Z.NO/
513 PM PDT Tue Mar 24 2026

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE THURSDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Yakima River at Umtanum.

* WHEN...From Wednesday afternoon to late Thursday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 35.5 feet, At this level, there will be minor
  flooding in areas along the river from Teanaway to Ellensburg
  including Irene Rienhart Park in Ellensburg.


* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 4:15 PM PDT Tuesday the stage was 33.8 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 33.5 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    early tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 35.6 feet tomorrow
    afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage early Thursday
    morning.
  - Flood stage is 35.5 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    35.2 feet on 01/31/1965.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 4701 12058 4696 12050 4689 12048 4687 12046
      4685 12048 4685 12050 4689 12051 4693 12053
      4698 12060


$$

LN