By Rod Hill on 2009-11-20
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
207 PM PST THU NOV 19 2009
...FLOOD WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST
OREGON...
.RIVERS IN FAR SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON CONTINUE TO RISE TODAY AS A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED OVER THE AREA CONTINUES TO BRING PERIODS
OF HEAVY RAIN TO PACIFIC AND WAHKIAKUM COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
3 TO 4 INCHES HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN THE WILLAPA HILLS SINCE
MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED THE GRAYS RIVER TO RISE
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND STEADY RISES ARE OCCURRING ON THE WILLAPA
RIVER. RAIN HAS NOT BEEN AS HEAVY IN THE NORTHWEST OREGON COAST
RANGE AS THE FOCUS OF HEAVY RAIN SHIFTED INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON
AS THE FRONT LIFTED NORTHWARD. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2.5 INCHES
HAVE BEEN OBSERVED SINCE MIDNIGHT IN NORTHWEST OREGON BASINS.
ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT...WITH ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE WILLAPA HILLS AND NORTHWEST
OREGON COAST RANGE. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE THE RIVERS
TO RISE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY.
Heavy Rains Return