By Rod Hill on 2009-11-18
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 AND NORTH OREGON
COAST. IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST AND
WILLAPA HILLS.
* FROM MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
* HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6
INCHES IN THE WILLAPA HILLS AND 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE NORTH
OREGON COAST RANGE AND ALONG THE NORTH OREGON AND SOUTH
WASHINGTON COAST.
* RIVERS OF GREATEST CONCERN FOR FLOODING INCLUDE THE
WILLAPA...GRAYS AND NASELLE RIVERS IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...THE
LOWER NEHALEM RIVER IN TILLAMOOK COUNTY OREGON AND THE NECANICUM
RIVER IN CLATSOP COUNTY OREGON. IF THE FRONTAL BAND MOVES FURTHER
SOUTH THE WILSON AND TRASK RIVERS COULD ALSO BE IMPACTED. THERE
IS LESS OF A THREAT FOR THE WILSON AND TRASK RIVERS EXCEPT ALONG
THE LOWEST REACHES WHERE HIGH TIDES COULD RESULT IN FLOODING
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST.
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