STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR HEAVY RAIN EVENT OVER NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWESTERN OREGON
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
7 PM PST TUE DEC 27 2005

... WAVES OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION THREATENING THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST...

THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IS CURRENTLY SHOWING A
PRECIPITATION SHIELD FROM TILLAMOOK...OREGON EXTENDING TOWARD 
OAKHURST...CALIFORNIA. LATEST SATELLITE DATA ARE SHOWING ABUNDANT
UPSTREAM MOISTURE OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC.

AT 6 PM PST...THERE WAS ONE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER LOCATED IN
THE GULF OF ALASKA AND A SECONDARY SURFACE LOW LOCATED 350 NM WEST
OF EUGENE OREGON. OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL
FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
INTO SOUTHWESTERN OREGON...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM VALUES OF 10
INCHES OVER NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA WHERE THE UPSLOPE FLOW INTO
THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL BE THE GREATEST.  EACH SUCCESSIVE WAVE OF
HEAVY PRECIPITATION HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING SEVERAL INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INTO SOUTHWESTERN OREGON.

FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNING ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWESTERN OREGON. 

HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF IDAHO.

WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN
SIERRA NEVADA RANGE AND THE NORTHERN ROCKIES.

SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON...
OREGON...AND NEVADA...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES.

HIGH WIND WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS INTENSE
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AS SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE
FORECAST FOR PORTIONS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. 

...PRELIMINARY RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH 7 PM PST...

CALIFORNIA...

TAYLOR RIDGE..........................2.68 INCHES   400 PM PST
GIRARD................................2.36 INCHES   400 PM PST
MCCLOUD...............................2.32 INCHES   630 PM PST
HAPPY CAMP............................2.20 INCHES   430 PM PST
SHASTA DAM............................2.08 INCHES   400 PM PST 

OREGON...

QUAIL PRAIRE..........................4.92 INCHES   610 PM PST
ILLINOIS VALLEY.......................4.10 INCHES   605 PM PST
RED MOUND.............................3.80 INCHES   615 PM PST
LAUREL MOUNTAIN.......................1.97 INCHES   900 AM PST
MURPHY................................1.88 INCHES   400 PM PST
GRANTS PASS...........................1.81 INCHES   400 PM PST
ROSEBURG..............................1.61 INCHES   400 PM PST
MARION FORKS..........................1.34 INCHES   900 AM PST
CANYONVILLE...........................1.25 INCHES   430 PM PST
SEXTON SUMMIT.........................1.15 INCHES  1000 AM PST


THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1 AM PST FOR THIS SYSTEM.  PLEASE REFER TO
STATEMENTS ISSUED BY LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS STORM.

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