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

...HEAVY PRECIPITATION SPREADING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA...

ANOTHER POTENT AND MOISTURE LADEN PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM IS MOVING
ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN U.S.AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH LOCAL
RADARS SHOWING INCREASING PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION.

HIGH SURF ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTS.  FLOOD WATCHES
AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL RANGES OF
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...AS WELL AS FOR
PORTIONS OF THE SACREMENTO AND SAN JOAQUIN VALLEYS OF CALIFORNIA
AND PARTS OF WESTERN NEVADA INCLUDING THE RENO AND LAKE TAHOE
REGION. SNOW ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR THE SHASTA/SISKIYOU
REGION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...EASTERN KLAMATH AND WESTERN LAKE
COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN OREGON...AS WELL AS THE CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS
AND LEHMI COUNTY OF NORTHERN IDAHO.  HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS ARE IN
EFFECT FOR THE CASCADES AND NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON.  IN
IDAHO...HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED FROM THE WEST CENTRAL
TO THE SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS AND FROM THE UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS TO
THE WASATCH...THE SOUTHWEST HIGHLANDS AND THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE. 
ACROSS OREGON...HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FROM THE
OCHOCO-JOHN DAY HIGHLANDS TO WALLOWA AND BAKER COUNTIES.  A WINTER
STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SIERRA NEVADA RANGE.   

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 WASHINGTON.

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING SHOULD FALL ACROSS
NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA...EXTREME SOUTHWEST OREGON AND THE NORTHERN
SIERRA.  THE CASCADES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA
SHOULD SEE HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.  

...SELECTED 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS...

WASHINGTON...

STAMPEDE PASS................1.14 INCHES   400 AM PST
HOQUIAM/BOWERMAN.............0.94 INCHES   400 AM PST
SANDERSON FIELD..............0.92 INCHES   400 AM PST
BREMERTON....................0.92 INCHES   400 AM PST

OREGON...

ASTORIA/CLATSOP..............1.57 INCHES   400 AM PST
MCMINNVILLE..................1.50 INCHES   400 AM PST
ELK VALLEY...................1.44 INCHES   400 AM PST
CORVALLIS....................1.40 INCHES   400 AM PST
SALEM/MCNARY.................1.26 INCHES   400 AM PST
PORTLAND.....................1.05 INCHES   400 AM PST

CALIFORNIA...

TAYLOR RIDGE.................1.36 INCHES   400 AM PST
SHASTA DAM...................1.00 INCHES   400 AM PST


THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 100 PM 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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