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Trick
03-21-2003, 09:55 PM
Here is the latest....

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
530 PM PST FRI MAR 21 2003


NW OREGON/SW WASHINGTON COASTAL BASINS BULLETIN NO. 2
WILLAMETTE TRIBUTARIES BULLETIN NO. 1

...A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WILLAMETTE TRIBUTARIES
DRAINING THE NORTHWEST OREGON COAST RANGE...

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL RIVERS AND STREAMS
OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON...

RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL THIS EVENING OVER THE COAST AND COAST RANGE
OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON...AND WILL CONTINUE TO
BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. SEVERAL OF THE RIVERS AND STREAMS
DRAINING THE COAST RANGE IN NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON MAY RISE TO FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT OR SATURDAY. ALONG THE
COAST THE RIVERS MOST AT RISK FOR FLOODING INCLUDE THE NEHALEM...THE
WILSON...THE SILETZ AND THE SIUSLAW RIVERS. RIVERS AT RISK FOR
FLOODING THAT DRAIN THE EAST SLOPES OF THE COAST RANGE INTO THE
WILLAMETTE RIVER INCLUDE THE LUCKIAMUTE...THE MARYS...AND THE UPPER
TUALATIN RIVERS.

RIVER STAGE FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED AND FORECAST RAINFALL
AND TEMPERATURES. IF ACTUAL RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURES VARY FROM
THE FORECAST VALUES...THE RIVER STAGE WILL VARY ACCORDINGLY. RIVER
FORECASTS INCLUDE CURRENT AND PLANNED RESERVOIR RELEASES. FOR THE
LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS...VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AT
HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/ ( HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/[/b] <font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica">Sorry, didn't see Jens original post.

[ 03-21-2003, 10:13 PM: Message edited by: Trick ]