High Water Warnings
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January 4, 2018
Dena Martin
Columbia County Public Transportation Manager Scott Kirk stopped to video high waters in Coppei Creek at the south end of Waitsburg late Friday morning to determine whether it was safe for the transit system to continue runs through the afternoon.
The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for the Waitsburg area and Columbia County on Friday afternoon as warm weather and accompanying rains caused Coppei Creek and the Touchet River to overflow in low-lying areas. Waitsburg fared much better than Walla Walla which suffered an abundance of power outages due to limbs falling on power lines following an ice storm. Fortunately, waters began to recede Friday afternoon and flooding was minimal. In Waitsburg, Meinburg Road was closed at the Coppei Crossing.
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