First Flood pictures -to Jennies house

[Captain and Marie]

Be SAFE everyone out there!

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1130 AM PST WED JAN 28 2004

NW OREGON/SW WASHINGTON COASTAL BASINS BULLETIN NO. 1
LOWER COLUMBIA/LOWER WILLAMETTE/SW WASHINGTON BULLETIN NO. 1
WILLAMETTE MAINSTEM BULLETIN NO. 1
WILLAMETTE TRIBUTARIES BULLETIN NO. 1

...A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM PST SATURDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST AND
COAST RANGE OF OREGON...THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY...AND THE CASCADES AND
CASCADE FOOTHILLS OF SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON...

A SERIES OF STRONG STORM SYSTEMS WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN TO SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON...WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 2 INCHES IN THE WILLAMETTE
VALLEY TO AS HIGH AS 7 INCHES IN THE NORTHWEST OREGON COAST RANGE AND
NORTH CASCADE FOOTHILLS.

RIVERS WILL BEGIN TO RISE WEDNESDAY. LEVELS ON FASTER RESPONDING
RIVERS...SUCH AS THE NORTHWEST OREGON COAST RIVERS...MAY REACH FLOOD
STAGE AS EARLY AS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CREST THURSDAY NIGHT OR
FRIDAY MORNING. LEVELS ON SLOWER RESPONDING RIVERS...SUCH AS THE
TUALATIN AND PUDDING RIVERS IN THE NORTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY...MAY
REACH FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY AND CREST FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY.
FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON CREEKS AND SMALLER RIVERS IN THE WATCH
AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

RIVERS OF GREATEST CONCERN INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
THE WILLAPA ON THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST.
THE NEHALEM...WILSON...TRASK... SILETZ...ALSEA...AND SIUSLAW ON THE
NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST.
THE SANTIAM...MARYS...LUCKIAMUTE...PUDDING...UPPER TUALATIN...
CLACKAMAS...AND JOHNSON CREEK IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY.

FLOODING ON THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE RIVER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT HIGH
LEVELS WILL LIKELY IMPACT FERRY OPERATIONS AND ACCESS TO ISLANDS IN
THE SALEM AREA.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE WATCH AREA HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO REACH OR SURPASS FLOOD STAGE. MONITOR THE LATEST
RIVER AND WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD
A FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED. FOR RIVER CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS...VISIT
WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PORTLAND/PUBLIC_HYDRO (LOWER CASE).

This is the road to Jennies house! See what we mean by shes flooded out from the rest of the world???

MW

[ 01-29-2004, 10:33 AM: Message edited by: Captain and Marie ]

[corkyking]

Please - NO MORE!

Slugs don't make good bait.

[garyk]

Time to check the generator and flood pumps....

[Captain and Marie]

We did some landscaping this summer, sure hope it works!

I'll keep you posted with pictures if you want me to.

If you want to see flood pictures from our 500 feet of river front property say *I ... [img]graemlins/1zhelp.gif[/img]

Our home sits 21 feet. It sits well above the high water mark. Our shop will be just fine also. We'll be just fine here!
In 1996 the water got 19 feet here and our house sits 21 feet.

Thanks,
Marie [img]graemlins/hearton.gif[/img]

[ 01-28-2004, 06:54 PM: Message edited by: Captain and Marie ]

[Fishin Magician]

I hope all is well........you might have to go to the store in Dennis's Trophy...... :shocked: :shocked:

Best wishes

John

[Jerry Dove]

Marie. Did you get the letter from Tillamook Anglers? Hope you can help the STEP Conference with some of your product. Hope to see you at the conference, I think it will be good for all of us. Jerry

[SalmonJeff]

hey marie did I hear you say double or nothing on the bet

How about we bump it up to 11 feet :grin: :grin:

[Fishfeet]

:grin: YEEHAAWWW!! Early Springers!! FishBob.

[Captain and Marie]

Jeff,

As I recall (and I'm sure you do to) the bet was last week. And I won!

LOL

Marie [img]graemlins/hearton.gif[/img]

[Jennie@ifish]

I'm scared. :depressed:

The newspaper guy couldn't deliver the paper, because the culverts are full and overflowing onto the road. There are sticks and logs in the road. That is why slides happen. :depressed: I have called the road department, but the kids can't get to school.

Now, for the scary part. As of 6 PM last night, we had had 3.90 inches of rain. I got up this morning, and we have had another 3.53.

Bill is trying to drive to town and he says it's scary. If he is scared.... YUP. I am too!

and now we have a high wind warning. :depressed: This means, with the ground saturated, we will lose many trees, too:

ORZ001-002-WAZ021-300200-
CNTL OR COAST-NORTH OR COAST-SOUTH WA COAST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF.ASTORIA.CATHLAMET.FLORENCE.
MANZANITA.NEWPORT.RAYMOND & TILLAMOOK
114 AM PST THU JAN 29 2004


A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED & IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS
AFTERNOON & EVENING FOR THE CNTL OR COAST.
THE NO. OR COAST & THE SO. WA COAST.


A POTENT PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TO
THE NO. & CNTL OR COASTS.& SO. WA COAST THIS
AFTERNOON & EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 30 TO 40 MPH
WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH ALONG THE BEACHES & HEADLANDS.
THESE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES INLAND.


REMEMBER.A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS OF
STRONG & DAMAGING WINDS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY IN THE
WARNING AREA.

and the latest flood statement:


NW OR/SW WA COASTAL BASINS BULLETIN NO. 5


FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS.
NEHALEM RIVER IN CLATSOP & TILLAMOOK COUNTIES
WILSON RIVER IN TILLAMOOK COUNTY
TRASK RIVER IN TILLAMOOK COUNTY


A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SMALL STREAMS IN
CLATSOP.TILLAMOOK & LINCOLN COUNTIES TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY.


A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SAT FOR MOST OF
NORTHWEST
OR & SW WA.


$$


ORC007-057-291900-
NEHALEM RIVER NEAR FOSS
MOST RECENT READING: 11.4 FT / 13964 CFS AT 3 AM THIS MORNING
FLOOD STAGE ---> 14.0 FT / 21000 CFS
(DATUM 32.6 FT)

FORECAST / REMARKS:
THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 1 PM
TODAY.& IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 17.0 FT AROUND 10 AM FRIDAY.


$$


ORC057-291900-
WILSON RIVER NEAR TILLAMOOK
MOST RECENT READING: 11.4 FT / 9579 CFS AT 3 AM THUR
FLOOD STAGE ---> 13.0 FT / 13200 CFS
(DATUM 71.9 FT)

FORECAST / REMARKS:
THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 9 AM
TODAY.& IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 13.3 FT AROUND 10 AM THURSDAY.
ABOVE 14 FT.WIDESPREAD LOWLAND & DAIRY LAND FLOODING BEGINS.
SLOUGHS NO. OF THE CITY (MAINLY DOUGHERTY) BEGIN TO OVERFLOW ALONG
WITH THE RIVER. MINOR FLOODING BEGINS IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT NO.
OF TILLAMOOK & ALONG HWY 101.PARTICULARLY DURING THE HIGH TIDE.


$$


ORC057-291900-
TRASK RIVER NR TILLAMOOK
MOST RECENT READING: 15.3 FT / 9843 CFS AT 3 AM THUR
FLOOD STAGE ---> 16.5 FT / 12100 CFS
(DATUM 70.0 FT)

FORECAST / REMARKS:
THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE TO FLOOD STAGE AROUND 9 AM & REMAIN
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH FRIDAY.


$$


RIVER STAGE FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED & FORECAST RAINFALL AND
TEMPS. IF ACTUAL RAINFALL & TEMPS VARY FROM THE
FORECAST VALUES.THE RIVER STAGE WILL VARY ACCORDINGLY. RIVER
FORECASTS INCLUDE CURRENT & PLANNED RESERVOIR RELEASES. FOR THE
LATEST RIVER STAGES & FORECASTS.VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AT
HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PORTLAND/PUBLIC_HYDRO (LWR CASE).


THE NEXT UPDATE FOR THESE LOCATIONS WILL BE ISSUED BY 11 AM PST
TODAY.
$$


WILLSON


Jen

[ 01-29-2004, 06:17 AM: Message edited by: Jennie@ifish ]

[Jennie@ifish]

Oh my! Just heard we are supposed to get up to another half foot of rain today.

That's it! I'm building an arc today!

[Captain and Marie]

I just looked out my window and its FLOODING now!

The Wilson River Loop Road is now under water

and coming up fast! Here we go again. After 15

years I'm kinda used to it. 7:18 am.

Marie
PS Please don't drive fast thru standing water.

[hustlerrjim]

well well ! guess who prayed for rain????????
maybe SHE was up to it again.

[TundraIII]

I remember watching chum salmon swim across the Kilchis River Rd. from my school bus in grade school. One of my favorite memories. Hope you all get through this safely with no harm to your properties. Wish I could be there to see it!

[Billy Tillamook]

Hang in there Jennie and Marie...We need you! [img]graemlins/hearton.gif[/img] Stay safe! The Clackamas is a rockin and a rollin this morning...Good thing I took the sled out, as it would probably be in astoria by now! :shocked:

[Smj]

I'd love to see some pics Marie.

Hope everybody gets through this OK.

Smj

[Jennie@ifish]

We are stuck. I'm glad I didn't send the kids this morning, because the Kilchis road has a slide on it now that is not passable at this point.

Raining solid, 3.85 more inches on top of equal to that the last 24 hours.

Just saw a car back up the entire length of the Kilchis road in front of me. Guess he couldn't make it.

I have plenty of food, and my family is here, so I feel OK about everything. Hope the farmers and their cows do well, however.
Jen

[Jerry Dove]

I am getting my high water fishing gear out and going to my secret fishing hole. Any body want to know where it is?????????????? Ha Ha. I have a picture fishing in the sho of Russell chev. down town Tillakook several years ago. Boy it is wet.

[10 more minutes]

Hang in there Jen, I'll say a quick prayer for you and everyone else that is going to be impacted by these floods.
Mikey

[Riverkeeper]

Hey Marie, are you able to get any good pictures?

[Captain and Marie]

I just got back with flood pictures.

Coming soon!

Hang in there!

I got a picture to Jennies house...under water!

eeeks...........

Marie

[lilnorthfork]

When my grandma was a girl, the canal next to her home used to flood and everybody had to wait it out upstairs. She would catch fish out her bedroom window. You may get to do the same soon Marie. Aside from the safety issues, aren't storms cool?! Got caught in a tropical storm in NC a few years ago. Sailboards were flying through the air like missles. What a rush!

[Captain and Marie]

This is the road to get to Jennies house!

EEEkksssss... Poor Jennie! [img]graemlins/1zhelp.gif[/img]

photo taken about 1 hour ago by Marie..

Do you want to see more? I have several other shots at the boat ramps..

Marie [img]graemlins/1zhelp.gif[/img]

[Fishin Magician]

I would like to see them.......Hope all is well!!!!

JB

[Lepper]

hey if you can .. get some pics of downtown.. where I believe safeway is?? :smile:


I knwo what your going through.. spent a lot of time there when my G-pa was alive.

Time to get a good ol jet boat out and scream through the fields.. this can be fun.. :smile:

[skein]

I know this is serious, and I hope that no one gets hurt or suffers too much damage, but I never see water over a road that I don't think of Jennie and that story she told of trolling out of her car windows. Wouldn't you have just loved to see a car-load of girls with rigs out the windows, happily trolling down the highway.

Right now we're all praying for your safety though.

Thanks for the pics, Marie. Keep 'em coming.

Skein

[Hawg Caller]

:shocked: Good luck guys, keep us posted we can have a "flotilla" for you if you need it!!!

[10 more minutes]

Not to make light of this serious situation, but I swear that is a fish in the lower left hand corner of that picture....

[Blazerboy]

Maybe the fish will swim right to your door!! Just kidding I am hoping the storm will clear somehow. for you and I am sure many others

[Paddlefish]

Hope all are well and that the damage is minimal.

Skein, I'd forgotten about the "chicks up cricks" trolling story. Fishin' with a true Ford fender?
:grin:

Maybe we can get Jennie to resurrect that story -- after the water goes down.

[Fast Water]

I think your right. Looks like a mort.

NOAH, BUILD ME AN ARK......


Hang in there folks!! :shocked: :shocked:

:smile:

[blackdog]

More, please!!!

Travis of Fins, Feathers, & Furs lives up there as well. He's on the other side of the river and may be landlocked even longer than Jennie.

Good luck to anyone who may be affected by this storm. I am kind of amazed by the drastic tone some are taking, though. You would think by some of the reaction this is the first time it's ever flooded in Tillamook. Pretty sure it did this last year, and nearly ever year before that. You live at the coast, it's gonna flood once in a while.

Again, I hope nobody suffers any from this. Keep the pictures coming though, it's always interesting to see what's actually going on.

[Captain and Marie]

Heres what the Sollie Smith boat launch looks like.

next HWY 101 pictures.


Marie [img]graemlins/hearton.gif[/img]

[Twitchs_Tackle]

10 more minutes...
Looks like a chromer, springer? :grin: Or it may just be a small wave/wake of some sort...but the fish is good wishful thinking. Wow, high water is very impressive, natures uncontrollable power...

[Riverkeeper]

That doesn't look too good for water quality.

Marie, do you think it will fish by tomorrow morning (the river, not the road)? [img]graemlins/dork.gif[/img]

[lilnorthfork]

:shocked: Thanks Marie. That pic of Sollie's sure adds some perspective.

The parking lot looks like it did the day Scott Ammerman chickened out on taking me fishing.

[Jennie@ifish]

Yip, that was a lot of fun, trolling the Necanicum down hiway 101. Haven't done that in a while. Looks like it's possible today. Think my boys will go for it, or should it only be girls? Marie, wanna go? :smile:

Safeway is about 2/3rds water... We have always kindly referred to it as "Lake Safeway"

I have some pictures, but I'm doing some serious downloading of files today, and have to wait till that is finished.

I'm getting upset because my favorite leaning tree is leaning into the water, and looks like it's going to give. :depressed: Right where I fish and lean! :smile:

It's under, about 3 feet, and leanin' hard!

HOLD, TREE! HOLD!

We have now had another 4.03 inches of rain, since 6 last night.

Marie, on with the pictures. I'm bored!

Jen

[West Linn Wader]

If you look close at the road picture you can see a steelie holding in the left lane.

GS/WLW

[fishchaser]

I hope that everyone who is praying is saying the right prayer and NOT asking for more rain.

[Captain and Marie]

High wind warning for this afternoon. NOAA says 65 mph winds are coming...I hate the wind!




Taco Time, anybody hungry?

Marie

more pictures coming...

Marie [img]graemlins/hearton.gif[/img]

[ 01-29-2004, 11:14 AM: Message edited by: Captain and Marie ]

[West Linn Wader]

I think those "reasonable leases" just got more so

GS/WLW

[corkyking]

Looks scary we're having the same problems here in Grays Harbor.

Move the computers to higher ground. From the pictures it looks like the phone lines will be OK.

Fortunately God made us waterproof.

Hope all is well.

[dampainter]

DANG THAT`S UUUGGGLY!! but at least you can fish from your front porch or... looks like you could troll around for springers in your yard :shocked:

[Captain and Marie]

HWY 101 near the bridge where the OLD boat launch used to be, now its Poloar Ice Co.

Marie [img]graemlins/hearton.gif[/img]

[First Light Bite]

Let us never forget Mother Nature is in control and she can be a real B**** (bear) sometimes. You gals be safe down there don't take any needless chances we don't need to see pictures that bad.

[ 01-29-2004, 11:24 AM: Message edited by: First Light Bite ]

[husker]

nice place to visit......i wouldnt want to ever live there.....

[On a mission]

Marie, great pics keep it up. Dave

[Paddlefish]

Marie, it looks more like you photographed the Sollie Smith butt launch. :shocked:

[KingFisher85]

oh boy, bet we could sidedrift some eggs thu the safeway parking lot and do good

Jennie, how high is the water in your backyard now?

[Captain and Marie]

This is in Jennies back yard. The HWY 101 Kilchis River Boat Launch!

Notice no one is launching today! Can't imagine why not!

Marie [img]graemlins/hearton.gif[/img]

[ 01-29-2004, 11:34 AM: Message edited by: Captain and Marie ]

[Captain and Marie]

Wilson River at 12.06 feet.

This is the HWY 101 Bridge.

want more pics?

Marie [img]graemlins/hearton.gif[/img]

[Jennie@ifish]

OK, here are a couple pics of my backyard. Both are accesses where I usually fish. The first, is a place where I usually stand to cast, the other, a trail down to the creek. (BIG RIVER!)

[King Fisher]

Wow!!

[Fast Water]

looks like the fall eggs (now fry) are on an expedited trip to T-bay.

Winter redds? Depends on the degree of scouring and silt deposition. Fingers crossed. Summer Steelhead redds may suffer the most and Winters are still spawning. (well not at the moment.


Marie, Jennie - Isn't this sort of a normal "annual" thing for the greater Tillamook area or is this extraordinary?

[snit]

WOW!!! You've had more precip in 2 days than Eastern Washignton (Wenatchee) gets in a year!!!!! I hope ya have good insurance, pretty scary stuff!!!

[Jennie@ifish]

It happens pretty much every year. However, I am shocked at the volume of rain we have had. It seems to be draining better than I would have thought.

I have some more pictures, but I don't have time to post them right now.

We could easily jump on the trampoline and super dive into the river right now. FUN! :smile:

J

[FM2]

WOW! :shocked: amazing pictures. Like Jennie says it seems this happens every year and every year I see pictures my heart races and my jaw hits the keyboard unfhjf544i$$%*&@, see what I mean [img]graemlins/eek13.gif[/img] can't get over those pics!

Nature is truly powerful. Hope no one get's hurt.

[north coast kook]

[ 01-29-2004, 05:49 PM: Message edited by: north coast kook ]

[reeldick]

Jennie and Marie, your PFD's may become part of the Tillamook fashion. Don't go out without one.