THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR HEAVY RAIN IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
100 AM PST SUN NOV 06 2006

...LONG DURATION RAIN EVENT CONTINUES ACROSS THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST...

...ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...

...HIGH WIND WARNING ARE IN EFFECT ALONG THE COASTAL RANGES FROM
SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON INTO OREGON...

A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE WILSON RIVER IN OREGON IS IN EFFECT.

FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON STATE AND
NORTHWEST OREGON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING
OVER PORTIONS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AS AN ONSHORE COMPONENT TO
THE WIND HAS BROUGHT AN INFLUX OF PACIFIC MOISTURE INTO THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST. SOILS HAVE BECOME SATURATED AND ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING.

STRONG WINDS ARE AFFECTING COASTAL SECTIONS OF WASHINGTON WITH
WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH.  WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS
COASTAL SECTIONS OF OREGON EARLY MONDAY WITH WINDS OF 30 TO 60 MPH
POSSIBLE.

...SELECTED STORM RAIN TOTALS FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING IN INCHES /EXCEPT WHERE SPECIFIED/...

...WASHINGTON

YACOLT                                6.26*
STAIRCASE RAPIDS                      5.18
STEVENS PASS                          4.80
SKOOKUM CREEK                         4.50
SURPRISE LAKES                        4.50
JUNE LAKE                             4.10
GLACIER RS                            4.10
VERLOT                                3.90
SHELTO/SANDERSON FIELD ARPT           3.88
OLYMPIA                               3.84
STAMPEDE PASS                         3.83
MARBLEMOUNT RS                        3.80
SKYKOMISH RS                          3.80
HOQUIAM                               3.64
SEATTLE                               2.80
QUILLAYUTE                            2.79

...OREGON

SOUTH FORK RAWS                       9.11*
MOUNT HEBO                            8.31*
SADDLE MOUNTAIN                       8.10*
WILKINSON RIDGE                       7.32*
VILLAGE CREEK                         7.30*
ROCK HOUSE RAWS                       6.61*
LEES CAMP                             6.40
GOODWIN PEAK                          6.28*
MAPLETON                              5.20
CEDAR                                 5.05
FALLS CITY                            4.80
JEWELL SIDE CAMP                      4.10
CANNIBAL MTN                          3.80
ASTORIA                               3.72
GOODWIN PEAK                          3.55
REDHILL                               3.40
HOGG PASS                             3.10
DALY LAKE                             3.00
THREE LYNX                            3.00
SUMMIT                                3.00
EUGENE                                2.51
SALEM                                 1.99


* RAINFALL TOTAL FROM 2-4 NOVEMBER

AN INCREASING LOW-LEVEL FLOW AHEAD OF THE NEXT...STRONG STORM
SYSTEM HEADED TOWARD BRITISH COLUMBIA TODAY WILL DRAW ADDITIONAL
MOISTURE RICH AIR INTO PORTIONS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS THAT MAY LEAD TO RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES
FOR THE NORTHERN CASCADES AND THE OLYMPIC RANGES...WITH ISOLATED
HEAVIER TOTALS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 7 AM PST.  PLEASE REFER TO STATEMENTS FROM
YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT.

KIMBERLAIN/ORAVEC/RUBIN-OSTER




Last Updated: 942 PM EST SUN NOV 05 2006