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Four years later, in January 1919, a deluge was declared as, "Present Flood Probably Worst in City’s History".{{By whom|date=June 2024}} The three major rivers in the area overflowed with landslides disconnecting travel, communities, and electricity in the area.<ref name="FNAL"/><ref name="IOAC"/>{{rp|55}} The elementary and high school were briefly closed. The flood was mentioned to have broken the record for highest depth{{By whom|date=June 2024}} but gauges reported that the waters fell {{convert|18|in|cm}} short of the mark.<ref>{{cite news |title=Toledo Bridge Is Damaged - Floods Stop Schools |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B7M9AAAAIBAJ |access-date=April 24, 2024 |work=The Chehalis Bee-Nugget |date=January 24, 1919 |pages=1, 9 |archive-date=April 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424204621/https://books.google.com/books?id=B7M9AAAAIBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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Except for a small inundation of lowland flooding occurring between late December 1920 and early January 1921, in which the Chehalis River came within two feet of the crest record,<ref name="FNAL"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Yesteryears - 30 Years Ago |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/washington/centralia/centralia-daily-chronicle/1951/01-04/page-4 |access-date=April 25, 2024 |work=The Daily Chronicle |date=January 4, 1951 |page=4 |archive-date=April 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426092945/https://newspaperarchive.com/centralia-daily-chronicle-jan-04-1951-p-4/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the city was spared any flooding events of note for twelve years. In December 1933, Chehalis was submerged in a month-long rain event, totaling over {{convert|22|in|cm}}. The heavy rains affected most of Western Washington including roads between [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] and [[Tacoma]], including the submergence of the Pacific<ref>{{cite news |title=Flooding of 1933 Recalled |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/washington/centralia/centralia-daily-chronicle/1964/02-01/page-7 |access-date=April 30, 2024 |work=The Daily Chronicle |date=February 1, 1964 |page=7}}</ref> and Ocean Beach highways.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Auvil |first1=Dennis |title=Area's worst flood in December, 1933 |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/washington/centralia/centralia-daily-chronicle/1976/06-28/page-33 |access-date=May 22, 2024 |work=The Daily Chronicle |date=June 28, 1976 |page=A17}}</ref>
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Successive events of heavy rainfall in early 1936,<ref>{{cite news |title=Rivers Are Rising As Result Of Rain |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/washington/centralia/centralia-daily-chronicle/1936/02-22/page-6 |access-date=April 25, 2024 |work=The Centralia Daily Chronicle |date=February 22, 1936 |page=6 |archive-date=April 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426092931/https://newspaperarchive.com/centralia-daily-chronicle-feb-22-1936-p-6/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Flood Menace Removed Here |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/washington/centralia/centralia-daily-chronicle/1936/02-28/page-1 |access-date=April 25, 2024 |work=The Centralia Daily Chronicle |date=February 28, 1936 |page=1 |archive-date=April 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426092926/https://newspaperarchive.com/centralia-daily-chronicle-feb-28-1936-p-1/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and excess rain mixed with snowstorms in February 1937,<ref>{{cite news |title=Washington Rains Back On The Job |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/washington/chehalis/chehalis-bee-nugget/1937/02-05/page-1 |access-date=April 25, 2024 |work=The Chehalis Bee-Nugget |date=February 5, 1937 |page=1 |archive-date=April 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426093514/https://newspaperarchive.com/chehalis-bee-nugget-feb-05-1937-p-1/ |url-status=live }}</ref> led to additional, moderate flooding. A 1939 flood, based on snowmelt after falling rains, submerged the [[Chehalis–Centralia Airport]].<ref name="FNAL"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Flooded Streams Start to Recede |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/washington/centralia/centralia-daily-chronicle/1939/02-13/page-4 |access-date=April 25, 2024 |work=The Centralia Daily Chronicle |date=February 13, 1939 |page=4 |archive-date=April 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426093541/https://newspaperarchive.com/centralia-daily-chronicle-feb-13-1939-p-4/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
A Cowlitz River overflow in 1946 affected the city. A weather pattern that caused the [[1948 Columbia River flood]], was a widespread disaster throughout the state and both the Chehalis and Newaukum crested, leading to closures of roads and the airport.<ref name="FNAL"/><ref name="HOFAP"/> A 1949 rainfall event affected the city as the Cowlitz overflowed.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |date=February 9, 1951 |title=Rains Raise Rivers |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/washington/centralia/centralia-daily-chronicle/1951/02-09/page-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426093516/https://newspaperarchive.com/centralia-daily-chronicle-feb-09-1951-p-1/ |archive-date=April 26, 2024 |access-date=April 25, 2024 |work=The Daily Chronicle |page=1}}</ref>
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