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Columbia River at Wells Dam Forebay Elevation (ft)Observed: 776.31 ft at 9:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 776.28 ft at 10:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 776.72 ft at 11:00AM May 26, 2023Observed: 777.01 ft at 12:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 777.13 ft at 1:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 777.19 ft at 2:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 777.04 ft at 3:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 777.05 ft at 4:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 776.98 ft at 5:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 776.65 ft at 6:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 777.1 ft at 7:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 776.72 ft at 8:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 776.5 ft at 9:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 776.45 ft at 10:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 776.64 ft at 11:00PM May 26, 2023Observed: 776.76 ft at 11:59PM May 26, 2023Observed: 776.58 ft at 12:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 776.54 ft at 1:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 776.51 ft at 2:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 776.39 ft at 3:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 776.37 ft at 4:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 776.16 ft at 5:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 776.16 ft at 6:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 776.72 ft at 7:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 776.48 ft at 8:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 777.19 ft at 9:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 777.15 ft at 10:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 777.35 ft at 11:00AM May 27, 2023Observed: 777.5 ft at 12:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 777.67 ft at 1:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 777.52 ft at 2:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 777.67 ft at 3:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 777.76 ft at 4:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 777.86 ft at 5:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 777.73 ft at 6:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 778.45 ft at 7:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 778.33 ft at 8:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 778.86 ft at 9:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 779.13 ft at 10:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 779.32 ft at 11:00PM May 27, 2023Observed: 779.71 ft at 11:59PM May 27, 2023Observed: 777.52 ft at 12:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 779.75 ft at 1:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.06 ft at 2:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.29 ft at 3:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.43 ft at 4:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.56 ft at 5:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.56 ft at 6:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.73 ft at 7:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.63 ft at 8:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.75 ft at 9:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.37 ft at 10:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.4 ft at 11:00AM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.26 ft at 12:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.28 ft at 1:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.63 ft at 2:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.75 ft at 3:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.47 ft at 4:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.39 ft at 5:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.7 ft at 6:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.54 ft at 7:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.61 ft at 8:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.4 ft at 9:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.7 ft at 10:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.55 ft at 11:00PM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.66 ft at 11:59PM May 28, 2023Observed: 780.48 ft at 12:00AM May 29, 2023Highest Observation: 780.87 ft at 1:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 780.51 ft at 2:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 780.49 ft at 3:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 780.5 ft at 4:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 780.48 ft at 5:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 780.02 ft at 6:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 780.03 ft at 7:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 779.86 ft at 8:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 779.78 ft at 9:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 779.85 ft at 10:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 779.96 ft at 11:00AM May 29, 2023Observed: 780.05 ft at 12:00PM May 29, 2023Observed: 780.29 ft at 1:00PM May 29, 2023Observed: 780.64 ft at 2:00PM May 29, 2023Observed: 780.65 ft at 3:00PM May 29, 2023Observed: 780.58 ft at 4:00PM May 29, 2023Observed: 780.48 ft at 5:00PM May 29, 2023Observed: 780.24 ft at 6:00PM May 29, 2023Observed: 780.39 ft at 7:00PM May 29, 2023Observed: 780.59 ft at 8:00PM May 29, 2023Observed: 780.68 ft at 9:00PM May 29, 2023Observed: 780.78 ft at 10:00PM May 29, 2023Observed: 780.65 ft at 11:00PM May 29, 2023Observed: 780.43 ft at 11:59PM May 29, 2023Observed: 780.43 ft at 12:00AM May 30, 2023Observed: 780.74 ft at 1:00AM May 30, 2023Observed: 780.17 ft at 2:00AM May 30, 2023Observed: 780.37 ft at 3:00AM May 30, 2023Observed: 780.13 ft at 4:00AM May 30, 2023Observed: 779.83 ft at 5:00AM May 30, 2023Observed: 779.67 ft at 6:00AM May 30, 2023Observed: 779.64 ft at 7:00AM May 30, 2023Observed: 779.46 ft at 8:00AM May 30, 2023Observed: 779.05 ft at 9:00AM May 30, 2023Observed: 779.05 ft at 10:00AM May 30, 2023Observed: 778.6 ft at 11:00AM May 30, 2023Observed: 778.12 ft at 12:00PM May 30, 2023Observed: 777.86 ft at 1:00PM May 30, 2023Observed: 777.98 ft at 2:00PM May 30, 2023Observed: 777.91 ft at 3:00PM May 30, 2023Observed: 778.02 ft at 4:00PM May 30, 2023Observed: 777.86 ft at 5:00PM May 30, 2023Observed: 777.72 ft at 6:00PM May 30, 2023Observed: 777.58 ft at 7:00PM May 30, 2023Observed: 777.49 ft at 8:00PM May 30, 2023Observed: 777.67 ft at 9:00PM May 30, 2023Observed: 777.82 ft at 10:00PM May 30, 2023Observed: 777.75 ft at 11:00PM May 30, 2023Observed: 777.94 ft at 11:59PM May 30, 2023Observed: 778.68 ft at 12:00AM May 31, 2023Observed: 777.53 ft at 1:00AM May 31, 2023Observed: 777.67 ft at 2:00AM May 31, 2023Observed: 776.99 ft at 3:00AM May 31, 2023Observed: 776.86 ft at 4:00AM May 31, 2023Observed: 776.43 ft at 5:00AM May 31, 2023Observed: 775.8 ft at 6:00AM May 31, 2023Observed: 775.79 ft at 7:00AM May 31, 2023Observed: 775.65 ft at 8:00AM May 31, 2023Observed: 776.08 ft at 9:00AM May 31, 2023Observed: 775.86 ft at 10:00AM May 31, 2023Observed: 776.37 ft at 11:00AM May 31, 2023Observed: 775.65 ft at 12:00PM May 31, 2023Observed: 776.9 ft at 1:00PM May 31, 2023Observed: 777.07 ft at 2:00PM May 31, 2023Observed: 778.35 ft at 3:00PM May 31, 2023Observed: 778.29 ft at 4:00PM May 31, 2023Observed: 779.09 ft at 5:00PM May 31, 2023Observed: 779.36 ft at 6:00PM May 31, 2023Observed: 779.95 ft at 7:00PM May 31, 2023Observed: 780.14 ft at 8:00PM May 31, 2023Observed: 780.61 ft at 9:00PM May 31, 2023Observed: 780.61 ft at 10:00PM May 31, 2023Observed: 780.43 ft at 11:00PM May 31, 2023Observed: 780.63 ft at 11:59PM May 31, 2023Observed: 780.63 ft at 12:00AM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 780.26 ft at 1:00AM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 779.93 ft at 2:00AM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 779.45 ft at 3:00AM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 779.23 ft at 4:00AM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 778.43 ft at 5:00AM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 778.25 ft at 6:00AM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 777.62 ft at 7:00AM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 777.54 ft at 8:00AM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 777.35 ft at 9:00AM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 777.38 ft at 10:00AM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 777.47 ft at 11:00AM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 777.83 ft at 12:00PM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 778.02 ft at 1:00PM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 778.8 ft at 2:00PM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 779.13 ft at 3:00PM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 779.01 ft at 4:00PM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 779.38 ft at 5:00PM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 779.21 ft at 6:00PM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 779.12 ft at 7:00PM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 779.02 ft at 8:00PM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 778.95 ft at 9:00PM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 778.87 ft at 10:00PM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 778.96 ft at 11:00PM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 778.44 ft at 11:59PM Jun 01, 2023Observed: 778.65 ft at 12:00AM Jun 02, 2023Observed: 778.52 ft at 1:00AM Jun 02, 2023Observed: 778.47 ft at 2:00AM Jun 02, 2023Observed: 778.19 ft at 3:00AM Jun 02, 2023Observed: 778.02 ft at 4:00AM Jun 02, 2023Observed: 777.78 ft at 5:00AM Jun 02, 2023Observed: 777.43 ft at 6:00AM Jun 02, 2023Observed: 777.33 ft at 7:00AM Jun 02, 2023Observed: 777.04 ft at 8:00AM Jun 02, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 11:00AM Jun 02, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 5:00PM Jun 02, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 11:00PM Jun 02, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 5:00AM Jun 03, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 11:00AM Jun 03, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 5:00PM Jun 03, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 11:00PM Jun 03, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 5:00AM Jun 04, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 11:00AM Jun 04, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 5:00PM Jun 04, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 11:00PM Jun 04, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 5:00AM Jun 05, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 11:00AM Jun 05, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 5:00PM Jun 05, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 11:00PM Jun 05, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 5:00AM Jun 06, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 11:00AM Jun 06, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 5:00PM Jun 06, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 11:00PM Jun 06, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 5:00AM Jun 07, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 11:00AM Jun 07, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 5:00PM Jun 07, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 11:00PM Jun 07, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 5:00AM Jun 08, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 11:00AM Jun 08, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 5:00PM Jun 08, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 11:00PM Jun 08, 2023Highest Forecast: 777.47 ft 5:00AM Jun 09, 2023WELW1(plotting HFIRX) Graph Created (8:46AM Jun 2, 2023)ObservedForecast (issued 5:03PM Jun 1)Latest observed value: 777.04 ft at 8:00 AM PDT 2-Jun-2023.
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NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the Columbia River at Wells Dam. Only observed stages are available for this point.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 0
Moderate Flood Stage: 0
Flood Stage: 0
Action Stage: 0
Low Stage (in feet): 770

Historic Crests
(1) 780.89 ft on 05/08/2021
(2) 780.79 ft on 05/21/2022 (P)
(3) 780.79 ft on 08/02/2020
(4) 780.79 ft on 05/16/2019
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 780.79 ft on 05/21/2022 (P)
(2) 780.89 ft on 05/08/2021
(3) 780.79 ft on 08/02/2020
(4) 780.79 ft on 05/16/2019
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 776.97 ft on 03/29/2021
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Latitude: 47.950000° N, Longitude: 119.866667° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

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