By Rod Hill on 2009-11-16
FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST
OREGON...COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON...GREATER PORTLAND
METRO AREA...LOWER COLUMBIA AND NORTH OREGON COAST. IN
SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...GREATER VANCOUVER AREA...I-5 CORRIDOR
IN COWLITZ COUNTY...SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS...SOUTH
WASHINGTON COAST AND WILLAPA HILLS.
* MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING
* DUE TO HEAVY RAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WILLAPA
HILLS...NORTHWEST OREGON COAST RANGE...AND SOUTH WASHINGTON
CASCADES.
* RIVERS OF MOST CONCERN FOR MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE THE WILLAPA...
NASELLE...AND GRAYS RIVERS IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...AND THE
NEHALEM RIVER IN NORTHWEST OREGON. SOME SMALL STREAM AND URBAN
FLOODING IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.
Residents living near the Willapa Hills and northward in Washington will see the heaviest rain totals.
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