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FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR

338 PM PST WED DEC 13 2006

...MAJOR STORM WITH POSSIBLE FLOODING HEADING FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...

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NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-

COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-

CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-

CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-

NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-

CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-

SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASTORIA...CANNON BEACH...TILLAMOOK...

LINCOLN CITY...NEWPORT...FLORENCE...VERNONIA...JEWELL...TRASK...

GRANDE RONDE...TIDEWATER...SWISSHOME...HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...

OREGON CITY...GRESHAM...SALEM...MCMINNVILLE...DALLAS...EUGENE...

CORVALLIS...ALBANY...SANDY...SILVER FALLS STATE PARK...

SWEET HOME...GOVERNMENT CAMP...DETROIT...SANTIAM PASS...VIDA...

LOWELL...COTTAGE GROVE...MCKENZIE BRIDGE...OAKRIDGE...

WILLAMETTE PASS...RAYMOND...LONG BEACH...CATHLAMET

338 PM PST WED DEC 13 2006

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY

MORNING...

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...CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY...CASCADES IN LANE

COUNTY...CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON...CENTRAL

OREGON COAST...CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY...COAST RANGE OF

NORTHWEST OREGON...GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA...NORTH OREGON

COAST...NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS...NORTHERN OREGON

CASCADES AND SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...

SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST.

* FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND MOVE

INTO WASHINGTON AND OREGON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. HEAVY

RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF WESTERN OREGON ON

THURSDAY ALONG A WARM FRONT. VERY MOIST AIR WILL STREAM IN TO

THIS STORM ALL THE WAY FROM THE SUBTOPICS IN THE MID PACIFIC. THIS

MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE

FRONTAL BOUNDARY. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 5500 FEET. THE WARM

FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH DURING THE DAY THURSDAY SPREADING HEAVY RAIN

OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON THURSDAY

AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL RISE TO 7000

FEET.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE COAST RANGE

WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES ALONG THE COAST AND IN THE CASCADES. THE

WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND SOUTH WASHINGTON INTERIOR WILL SEE AROUND 2

INCHES OF RAIN.

* COASTAL RIVERS OF CONCERN INCLUDE...

NEHALEM RIVER IN CLATSOP AND TILLAMOOK COUNTIES

WILSON RIVER IN TILLAMOOK COUNTY

SILETZ RIVER IN LINCOLN COUNTY

ALSEA RIVER IN LINCOLN COUNTY

SIUSLAW RIVER IN LANE COUNTY

INLAND RIVERS OF CONCERN INCLUDE...

MARYS RIVER IN BENTON COUNTY

SANTIAM RIVER IN MARION AND LINN COUNTIES

LUCKIAMUTE RIVER IN POLK AND BENTON COUNTIES

PUDDING RIVER IN CLACKAMAS AND MARION COUNTIES

UPPER TUALATIN RIVER IN WASHINGTON COUNTY

CLACKAMAS RIVER IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY

THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE RIVER NEAR SALEM AND OREGON CITY MAY

RISE ABOVE BANKFULL WITH SOME MINOR IMPACTS AT THESE LEVELS.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON

CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE

FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE

PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

THE NEXT UPDATE FOR THIS WATCH WILL BE ISSUED BY NOON THURSDAY.

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