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Newaukum River near Chehalis Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 195.1 ft at 10:30PM May 12, 2022Observed: 195.1 ft at 10:45PM May 12, 2022Observed: 195.11 ft at 11:00PM May 12, 2022Observed: 195.12 ft at 11:15PM May 12, 2022Observed: 195.12 ft at 11:30PM May 12, 2022Observed: 195.13 ft at 11:45PM May 12, 2022Observed: 195.13 ft at 12:00AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.13 ft at 12:15AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.13 ft at 12:30AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.13 ft at 12:45AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.13 ft at 1:00AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.13 ft at 1:15AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.12 ft at 1:30AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.12 ft at 1:45AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.12 ft at 2:00AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.11 ft at 2:15AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.11 ft at 2:30AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.1 ft at 2:45AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.1 ft at 3:00AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.1 ft at 3:15AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.09 ft at 3:30AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.09 ft at 3:45AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.08 ft at 4:00AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.08 ft at 4:15AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.07 ft at 4:30AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.07 ft at 4:45AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.06 ft at 5:00AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.06 ft at 5:15AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.06 ft at 5:30AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.05 ft at 5:45AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.05 ft at 6:00AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.05 ft at 6:15AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.04 ft at 6:30AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.04 ft at 6:45AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.04 ft at 7:00AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.04 ft at 7:15AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.03 ft at 7:30AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.03 ft at 7:45AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.02 ft at 8:00AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.02 ft at 8:15AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.02 ft at 8:30AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.01 ft at 8:45AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.01 ft at 9:00AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195.01 ft at 9:15AM May 13, 2022Observed: 195 ft at 9:30AM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.99 ft at 9:45AM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.99 ft at 10:00AM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.99 ft at 10:15AM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.98 ft at 10:30AM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.98 ft at 10:45AM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.98 ft at 11:00AM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.97 ft at 11:15AM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.97 ft at 11:30AM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.96 ft at 11:45AM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.96 ft at 12:00PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.96 ft at 12:15PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.96 ft at 12:30PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.96 ft at 12:45PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.95 ft at 1:00PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.94 ft at 1:15PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.94 ft at 1:30PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.94 ft at 1:45PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.94 ft at 2:00PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.94 ft at 2:15PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.94 ft at 2:30PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.93 ft at 2:45PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.93 ft at 3:00PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.93 ft at 3:15PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.92 ft at 3:30PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.92 ft at 3:45PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.92 ft at 4:00PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.91 ft at 4:15PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.91 ft at 4:30PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.91 ft at 4:45PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.9 ft at 5:00PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.9 ft at 5:15PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.9 ft at 5:30PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.9 ft at 5:45PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.89 ft at 6:00PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.89 ft at 6:15PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.89 ft at 6:30PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.88 ft at 6:45PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.88 ft at 7:00PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.88 ft at 7:15PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.88 ft at 7:30PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.88 ft at 7:45PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.88 ft at 8:00PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.87 ft at 8:15PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.87 ft at 8:30PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.87 ft at 8:45PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.87 ft at 9:00PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.87 ft at 9:15PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.87 ft at 9:30PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.86 ft at 9:45PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.86 ft at 10:00PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.86 ft at 10:15PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.86 ft at 10:30PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.86 ft at 10:45PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.85 ft at 11:00PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.85 ft at 11:15PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.85 ft at 11:30PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.85 ft at 11:45PM May 13, 2022Observed: 194.85 ft at 12:00AM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.84 ft at 12:15AM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.84 ft at 12:30AM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.84 ft at 12:45AM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.84 ft at 1:00AM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.84 ft at 1:15AM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.84 ft at 1:30AM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.83 ft at 1:45AM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.83 ft at 2:00AM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.83 ft at 2:15AM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.83 ft at 2:30AM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.83 ft at 2:45AM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.83 ft at 3:00AM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.83 ft at 3:15AM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.83 ft at 3:30AM May 14, 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May 14, 2022Observed: 194.82 ft at 9:45AM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.82 ft at 10:00AM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.82 ft at 10:15AM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.82 ft at 10:30AM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.82 ft at 10:45AM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.82 ft at 11:00AM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.82 ft at 11:15AM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.82 ft at 11:30AM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.81 ft at 11:45AM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.81 ft at 12:00PM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.81 ft at 12:15PM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.81 ft at 12:30PM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.81 ft at 12:45PM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.81 ft at 1:00PM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.81 ft at 1:15PM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.81 ft at 1:30PM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.81 ft at 1:45PM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.81 ft at 2:00PM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.81 ft at 2:15PM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.8 ft at 2:30PM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.8 ft at 2:45PM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.8 ft at 3:00PM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.8 ft at 3:15PM May 14, 2022Observed: 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ft at 9:30PM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.77 ft at 9:45PM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.77 ft at 10:00PM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.77 ft at 10:15PM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.77 ft at 10:30PM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.77 ft at 10:45PM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.76 ft at 11:00PM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.76 ft at 11:15PM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.76 ft at 11:30PM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.76 ft at 11:45PM May 14, 2022Observed: 194.76 ft at 12:00AM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.75 ft at 12:15AM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.75 ft at 12:30AM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.74 ft at 12:45AM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.74 ft at 1:00AM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.74 ft at 1:15AM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.74 ft at 1:30AM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.74 ft at 1:45AM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.73 ft at 2:00AM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.73 ft at 2:15AM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.73 ft at 2:30AM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.73 ft at 2:45AM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.72 ft at 3:00AM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.72 ft at 3:15AM May 15, 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at 3:15PM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.77 ft at 3:30PM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.77 ft at 3:45PM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.78 ft at 4:00PM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.79 ft at 4:15PM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.8 ft at 4:30PM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.81 ft at 4:45PM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.82 ft at 5:00PM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.83 ft at 5:15PM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.84 ft at 5:30PM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.86 ft at 5:45PM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.87 ft at 6:00PM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.89 ft at 6:15PM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.9 ft at 6:30PM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.92 ft at 6:45PM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.94 ft at 7:00PM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.96 ft at 7:15PM May 15, 2022Observed: 194.98 ft at 7:30PM May 15, 2022Observed: 195 ft at 7:45PM May 15, 2022Observed: 195.02 ft at 8:00PM May 15, 2022Observed: 195.05 ft at 8:15PM May 15, 2022Observed: 195.08 ft at 8:30PM May 15, 2022Observed: 195.1 ft at 8:45PM May 15, 2022Observed: 195.13 ft at 9:00PM May 15, 2022Observed: 195.17 ft at 9:15PM May 15, 2022Observed: 195.21 ft at 9:30PM May 15, 2022Highest Observation: 195.25 ft at 9:45PM May 15, 2022Forecast: 194.85 ft 11:00PM May 15, 2022Forecast: 195.07 ft 5:00AM May 16, 2022Highest Forecast: 195.16 ft 11:00AM May 16, 2022Forecast: 195.13 ft 5:00PM May 16, 2022Forecast: 195.04 ft 11:00PM May 16, 2022Forecast: 194.94 ft 5:00AM May 17, 2022Forecast: 194.85 ft 11:00AM May 17, 2022Forecast: 194.77 ft 5:00PM May 17, 2022Forecast: 194.71 ft 11:00PM May 17, 2022Forecast: 194.65 ft 5:00AM May 18, 2022Forecast: 194.6 ft 11:00AM May 18, 2022Forecast: 194.58 ft 5:00PM May 18, 2022Forecast: 194.59 ft 11:00PM May 18, 2022Forecast: 194.59 ft 5:00AM May 19, 2022Forecast: 194.57 ft 11:00AM May 19, 2022Forecast: 194.56 ft 5:00PM May 19, 2022Forecast: 194.53 ft 11:00PM May 19, 2022Forecast: 194.49 ft 5:00AM May 20, 2022Forecast: 194.44 ft 11:00AM May 20, 2022Forecast: 194.4 ft 5:00PM May 20, 2022USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesNEWW1(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (10:20PM May 15, 2022)ObservedForecast (issued 2:40PM May 15)Latest observed value: 195.25 ft at 9:45 PM PDT 15-May-2022. Flood Stage is 202.5 ft
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NOTE: River forecasts for this location take into account past and future precipitation. The stages/flows that will occur may be different if future rainfall is different than forecast.

Reliability of the Forecast: Based on current and forecast river, weather and reservoir conditions

NOTE: Forecasts for the Newaukum River near Chehalis are issued routinely year-round.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 205.5
Moderate Flood Stage: 204.5
Flood Stage: 202.5
Action Stage: 200.5
Low Stage (in feet): 0

Historic Crests
(1) 205.59 ft on 01/06/2022 (P)
(2) 205.48 ft on 02/08/1996
(3) 204.62 ft on 11/13/2021 (P)
(4) 204.52 ft on 12/21/2019 (P)
(5) 204.27 ft on 01/03/2021 (P)
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 205.59 ft on 01/06/2022 (P)
(2) 204.62 ft on 11/13/2021 (P)
(3) 203.36 ft on 02/23/2021 (P)
(4) 203.52 ft on 01/13/2021 (P)
(5) 204.27 ft on 01/03/2021 (P)
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

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Currently none available.
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205.5 flood waters will inundate most roads and a majority of residential and commercial areas within the region. Swift flood waters will become deep and hazardous, especially near river channels. A stage of 205.5 feet on the Newaukum corresponds to Phase 4 in the Lewis County flood system. Flooding will occur all along the river including headwaters, forks, tributaries, and other streams within and near the Newaukum River Basin.
204.5 deep and hazardous flood waters will inundate many roads and residential and commercial areas along the Newaukum River and its forks. Impacted roadways and surrounding areas include SR 508, Jackson Hwy. and Tune, Rush, Sommerville, Griel, Hamilton, Tauscher, Guerrier, Kirkland, Macomber, Rice, Senn, Lucas Creek, Middle Fork and North Fork, Bishop, Shorey, Labree, Gish, Yates Roads. A stage of 204.5 feet on the Newaukum roughly corresponds to Phase 3 flood in the Lewis County flood system.
202.5 flood waters will inundate many roads and residential and commercial areas along the Newaukum River and its forks. Flooding in some areas may be deep and hazardous especially near rivers. Impacted roadways and surrounding areas include Jackson Hwy. and Tune, Rush, Sommerville, Griel, Hamilton, Tauscher, Guerrier, Kirkland, Macomber, Rice, Senn, Lucas Creek, Middle Fork and North Fork Roads. A stage of 202.5 feet on the Newaukum roughly corresponds to Phase 2 flood in the Lewis County flood system.
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Latitude: 46.620278° N, Longitude: 122.943889° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 202.5 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 0.0 202.5 Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 0.0 10.5 Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other 190 ft 190 ft  

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