THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



 
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR HEAVY RAIN IN OREGON/CALIFORNIA
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
100 AM PST FRI DEC 30 2005

...HEAVY RAIN RETURNING TO WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA...

ANOTHER POTENT AND MOISTURE LADEN PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM WAS
MOVING TOWARD THE WEST COAST THIS MORNING WITH LOCAL RADARS
SHOWING INCREASING RAINFALL.

FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL RANGES OF WASHINGTON
AND OREGON INTO MOST OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA.

SEVERAL RIVERS THROUGH THE REGION ARE ALREADY NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE WITH WARNINGS IN EFFECT ACROSS A RATHER LARGE PORTION OF
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO COASTAL OREGON AND COASTAL WASHINGTON.

HEAVY RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TODAY THAT WILL AGGRAVATE
THE FLOODED RIVERS AND LIKELY PUT ADDITIONAL RIVERS OVER THEIR
BANKS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG
THE COASTS OF WASHINGTON AND OREGON INTO MUCH OF NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL SHOULD FALL ACROSS NORTHWEST
CALIFORNIA INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST OREGON WHERE FIVE TO EIGHT
INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. 

...OVERNIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS...

CALIFORNIA...
TAYLOR RIDGE.................0.76 INCHES   400 AM PST
SHASTA DAM...................0.60 INCHES   400 AM PST

OREGON...
ELK VALLEY...................0.68 INCHES   400 AM PST

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 700 AM PST BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDITION CENTER. FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION...PLEASE REFER TO STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS ISSUED BY
THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES.

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Last Updated: 411 AM EST FRI DEC 30 2005