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The Cowlitz River has three major hydroelectric dams, with several small-scale hydropower and sediment retention structures within the Cowlitz Basin.. The Cowlitz Falls Project is a 70 megawatt hydroelectric dam built in the early 1990s and completed in 1994.
Dec. 4—Rain, heavy rain, heavy rain, rain, rain, rain, rain and rain. That's the National Weather Service's forecast for Monday to Thursday, day and night, out of the Chehalis-Centralia Airport.
Mar. 1—10:30 a.m., March 1, Update: Projections for major flooding on the Cowlitz River have been reduced according to the latest update from the National Weather Service. Here's where local ...
The Chehalis River at Centralia is forecast to reach the "minor" flood stage between 4 and 10 p.m. on Dec. 5. Downstream, at Grand Mound, the Chehalis River could reach "moderate" flooding on ...
A Cowlitz River overflow in 1946 affected the city. The weather pattern that caused the 1948 Columbia River flood was a widespread disaster throughout the region and both the Chehalis and Newaukum crested, leading to closures of roads and the airport.
The lake is accessible by way of the Cowlitz Falls Park, a day use area situated near the junction with the Cispus River. [2] The Cowlitz Falls Project impounds the Cowlitz River and produces on average 260 gigawatt hours annually for the local public utility, the Lewis County Public Utility District, or about one-third of its annual electrical ...
The Cispus River is about 54 miles (87 km) long [3] and flows into the Cowlitz River at Lake Scanewa in the Cascade Range of Washington. [5] Its tributaries drain most of south-central and southeastern Lewis County, extreme northeast Skamania County, and some of western Yakima County.
Riffe Lake is a long reservoir on the Cowlitz River in the U.S. state of Washington. The 23.5 mi (38 km) lake was created by the construction of Mossyrock Dam , the tallest dam in the state, [ 4 ] in 1968 by Tacoma City Light (now Tacoma Power ).