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Weather Forecast Office Portland, OR Northwest River Forecast Center
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Exceeding Levels		 Chance of Exceeding Levels
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Pudding River at Aurora Stage (ft)Flow (cfs)Highest Observation: 6.88 ft at 5:30PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 6.87 ft at 6:00PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 6.86 ft at 6:30PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 6.86 ft at 7:00PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 6.85 ft at 7:30PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 6.86 ft at 8:00PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 6.85 ft at 8:30PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 6.84 ft at 9:00PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 6.84 ft at 9:30PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 6.84 ft at 10:00PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 6.83 ft at 10:30PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 6.83 ft at 11:00PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 6.82 ft at 11:30PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 6.83 ft at 12:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.82 ft at 12:30AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.82 ft at 1:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.82 ft at 1:30AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.81 ft at 2:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.81 ft at 2:30AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.81 ft at 3:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.8 ft at 3:30AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.81 ft at 4:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.81 ft at 4:30AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.8 ft at 5:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.8 ft at 5:30AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.8 ft at 6:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.8 ft at 6:30AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.8 ft at 7:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.8 ft at 7:30AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.8 ft at 8:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.79 ft at 8:30AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.79 ft at 9:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.79 ft at 9:30AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.79 ft at 10:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.79 ft at 10:30AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.78 ft at 11:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.78 ft at 11:30AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.78 ft at 12:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.78 ft at 12:30PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.77 ft at 1:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.77 ft at 1:30PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.77 ft at 2:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.76 ft at 2:30PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.75 ft at 3:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.75 ft at 3:30PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.75 ft at 4:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.74 ft at 4:30PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.74 ft at 5:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.73 ft at 5:30PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.73 ft at 6:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.73 ft at 6:30PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.73 ft at 7:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.72 ft at 7:30PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.72 ft at 8:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.72 ft at 8:30PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.72 ft at 9:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.71 ft at 9:30PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.71 ft at 10:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.71 ft at 10:30PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.7 ft at 11:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.7 ft at 11:30PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 6.7 ft at 12:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.7 ft at 12:30AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.7 ft at 1:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.69 ft at 1:30AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.69 ft at 2:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.69 ft at 2:30AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.69 ft at 3:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.68 ft at 3:30AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.68 ft at 4:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.68 ft at 4:30AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.68 ft at 5:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.67 ft at 5:30AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.68 ft at 6:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.67 ft at 6:30AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.67 ft at 7:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.67 ft at 7:30AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.67 ft at 8:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.66 ft at 8:30AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.66 ft at 9:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.66 ft at 9:30AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.66 ft at 10:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.66 ft at 10:30AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.65 ft at 11:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.64 ft at 11:30AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.64 ft at 12:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.63 ft at 12:30PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.63 ft at 1:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.62 ft at 1:30PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.62 ft at 2:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.62 ft at 2:30PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.61 ft at 3:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.61 ft at 3:30PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.62 ft at 4:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.61 ft at 4:30PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.6 ft at 5:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.6 ft at 5:30PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.6 ft at 6:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.6 ft at 6:30PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.6 ft at 7:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.59 ft at 7:30PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.59 ft at 8:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.59 ft at 8:30PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.59 ft at 9:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.58 ft at 9:30PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.58 ft at 10:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.58 ft at 10:30PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.58 ft at 11:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.58 ft at 11:30PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 6.57 ft at 12:00AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.57 ft at 12:30AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.57 ft at 1:00AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.56 ft at 1:30AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.57 ft at 2:00AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.56 ft at 2:30AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.56 ft at 3:00AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.55 ft at 3:30AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.56 ft at 4:00AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.55 ft at 4:30AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.55 ft at 5:00AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.55 ft at 5:30AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.55 ft at 6:00AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.55 ft at 6:30AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.54 ft at 7:00AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.54 ft at 7:30AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.54 ft at 8:00AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.53 ft at 8:30AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.53 ft at 9:00AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.53 ft at 9:30AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.52 ft at 10:00AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.52 ft at 10:30AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.52 ft at 11:00AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.52 ft at 11:30AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.52 ft at 12:00PM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.52 ft at 12:30PM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.51 ft at 1:00PM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.51 ft at 1:30PM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.51 ft at 2:00PM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.5 ft at 2:30PM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.51 ft at 3:00PM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.5 ft at 3:30PM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 6.5 ft at 4:00PM Jun 19, 2013Forecast: 6.69 ft 11:00PM Jun 19, 2013Forecast: 6.79 ft 5:00AM Jun 20, 2013Forecast: 6.87 ft 11:00AM Jun 20, 2013Forecast: 6.91 ft 5:00PM Jun 20, 2013Highest Forecast: 6.92 ft 11:00PM Jun 20, 2013Forecast: 6.88 ft 5:00AM Jun 21, 2013Forecast: 6.82 ft 11:00AM Jun 21, 2013Forecast: 6.76 ft 5:00PM Jun 21, 2013Forecast: 6.7 ft 11:00PM Jun 21, 2013Forecast: 6.64 ft 5:00AM Jun 22, 2013Forecast: 6.6 ft 11:00AM Jun 22, 2013Forecast: 6.56 ft 5:00PM Jun 22, 2013Forecast: 6.52 ft 11:00PM Jun 22, 2013Forecast: 6.49 ft 5:00AM Jun 23, 2013Forecast: 6.47 ft 11:00AM Jun 23, 2013Forecast: 6.46 ft 5:00PM Jun 23, 2013Forecast: 6.49 ft 11:00PM Jun 23, 2013Forecast: 6.54 ft 5:00AM Jun 24, 2013Forecast: 6.6 ft 11:00AM Jun 24, 2013Forecast: 6.65 ft 5:00PM Jun 24, 2013USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesAURO3(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (5:03PM Jun 19, 2013)ObservedForecast (issued 8:36AM Jun 19)Latest observed value: 6.5 ft at 4:00 PM PDT 19-Jun-2013. Flood Stage is 22 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Pudding River at Aurora are issued routinely year-round.
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Upstream Gauge - near Woodburn Upstream Gauge Downstream Gauge Downstream Gauge - above Falls at Oregon City
Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:29
Moderate Flood Stage:26
Flood Stage:22
Action Stage:21

Historical Crests
(1) 30.72 ft on 02/08/1996
(2) 30.00 ft on 01/07/1993
(3) 30.00 ft on 01/07/1923
(4) 29.57 ft on 12/23/1964
(5) 29.50 ft on 12/30/1937
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Latitude/Longitude Disclaimer: The gauge location shown in the above map is the approximate location based on the latitude/longitude coordinates provided to the NWS by the gauge owner.
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35 ABOVE 35 FT...EXPECT MAJOR FLOODING OF MANY HOMES AND ROADS IN AND AROUND AURORA...BARLOW...AND CANBY. ALSO...MOST STRUCTURES AND ROADS IN THE FLOODPLAIN BETWEEN CANBY AND THE CONFLUENCE WITH THE MOLALLA RIVER ARE FLOODED.
29 ABOVE 29 FT...EXPECT MAJOR FLOODING OF NUMEROUS ROADS AND STRUCTURES IN AND AROUND AURORA AND CANBY.
27 ABOVE 27 FT...EXPECT WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF NUMEROUS SECONDARY ROADS AND AGRICULTURAL LAND.
24 ABOVE 24 FT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AGRICULTURAL LAND AND SECONDARY ROADS FROM THE WHISKEY HILL AREA DOWNSTREAM TO THE CONFLUENCE WITH THE MOLALLA RIVER.
22 ABOVE 22 FT...EXPECT MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND ACCESS ROADS ALONG THE RIVER.
Photos
(1) View of USGS gage and Hwy 99E Bridge over the Pudding River
(2) Upstream view from Hwy 99E Bridge
(3) Upstream view from Hwy 99E Bridge during Jan 2006 flood
(4) Downstream view from the Hwy 99E Bridge
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Latitude: 45.233333° N, Longitude: 122.750278° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 22 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 72.23 ft 94.23 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other Not Available Not Available  

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