THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
CAMP SPRINGS, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
700 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007
...MAJOR EARLY WINTER STORM CONTINUING TO POUND THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST...
FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF WESTERN WASHINGTON AND
MUCH OF NORTHWESTERN OREGON.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT ACROSS AREAS OF
CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...MUCH OF IDAHO...PORTIONS OF
WESTERN MONTANA...AND A PART OF THE EASTERN OREGON.
HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL WASHINGTON...A
PART OF NORTHWESTERN MONTANA...AND A SMALL PORTION OF NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA.
SNOW ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL IDAHO AND AREAS OF
WESTERN WYOMING.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
A SERIES OF MAJOR EARLY WINTER STORMS BEGAN IMPACTING THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY...BRINGING VERY STRONG WINDS TO COASTAL
SECTIONS OF WASHINGTON...OREGON...AND NORTHWESTERN
CALIFORNIA...SIGNIFICANT RAINS TO MUCH OF WESTERN
WASHINGTON...WESTERN OREGON...AND NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA...AND
HEAVY SNOWS TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS FROM WASHINGTON SOUTHWARD TO
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND EASTWARD INTO IDAHO. THE FIRST IN THE
SERIES OF STORMS MOVED INLAND EARLY SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH THE NEXT
STORM CURRENTLY MOVING ONSHORE ON MONDAY MORNING AND PUSHING
INLAND ON MONDAY NIGHT.
AT 700 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION CONTINUING FROM WESTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHWARD INTO
NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AND FROM EASTERN WASHINGTON AND EASTERN
OREGON INTO IDAHO.
...SELECTED SNOWFALL TOTALS IN INCHES FROM 400 AM PST SATURDAY DEC
1 THROUGH 400 AM PST MONDAY DEC 3...
...WASHINGTON...
JUNE LAKE 27.0
SWIFT LAKE 20.0
BELWET PASS AREA 19.0
GLENWOOD 18.0
SPENCER MEADOW 18.0
CASHMERE 17.3
POTLATCH 16.0
PLAIN 15.0
STEVENS PASS 14.0
49 DEGREES SKI 14.0
MALOTT 14.0
MOUNT SPOKANE SKI 12.0
...IDAHO...
MOYIE SPRINGS 18.0
LOOKOUT PASS SKI 16.0
NAPLES 3 W 16.0
BEAR MTN 15.0
SCHWEITZER SADDLE 13.0
HIDDEN LAKE 12.5
SILVER MOUNTAIN SKI 12.0
PRIEST RIVER 6 S 11.0
...SELECTED RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES FROM 400 AM PST SATURDAY DEC
1 THROUGH 400 AM PST MONDAY DEC 3...
...WASHINGTON...
SHELTON/SANDERSON FIELD AIRPORT 6.03
BREMERTON NATIONAL AIRPORT 4.74
STAMPEDE PASS 4.15
OLYMPIA AIRPORT 3.81
KELSO-LONGVIEW AIRPORT 3.64
SHELTON 3.34
SEATTLE/BOEING FIELD 3.14
QUILLAVYUTE 3.10
KALAMA 6ENE 1.66
FORKS 1.63
...OREGON...
SCAPPOOSE 4.18
ASTORIA 3.14
PORTLAND/HILLSBORO AIRPORT 2.98
JENNINGS LODGE 0.1 ESE 2.72
FOREST GROVE 9.5 NW 2.56
HILLSBORO 2.46
CORVALLIS 2 SSW 2.36
NEHALEM 4.1 ESE 1.80
...IDAHO...
MULLAN PASS 2.49
...SOME OBSERVED WIND GUSTS AS OF 700 AM PST MONDAY DEC 3...
...WASHINGTON...
CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT 104 MPH
TOKE POINT 75 MPH
BAY CENTER 72 MPH
OYSTERVILLE 67 MPH
OCEAN PARK 67 MPH
...OREGON...
BAY CITY 129 MPH
LINCOLN CITY 125 MPH
CAPE MEARS 114 MPH
TILLAMOOK BAY TIDE GAGE 100 MPH
MOUNT HEBO 91 MPH
GOVT CAMP SKI BOWL 90 MPH
ROCKAWAY BEACH 87 MPH
ASTORIA - WEST SLOPE 86 MPH
CLATSOP SPIT 85 MPH
AS MENTIONED ABOVE...THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM MOVING INLAND MONDAY
MORNING WILL
BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF EXTREMELY HIGH WINDS TO COASTAL SECTIONS OF
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...SIGNIFICANT SNOWS TO THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS...AND EVEN HEAVIER RAINS THAN THE FIRST STORM BROUGHT
EARLIER SUNDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY
BY LATER MONDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE FAVORED TERRAIN NEAR THE
COAST FROM WASHINGTON SOUTHWARD INTO EXTREME NORTHWESTERN
CALIFORNIA. THESE ADDITIONAL RAINS...ALONG WITH THE RAINS THAT
HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED...WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 100 PM PST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.
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Last Updated: 1002 AM EST MON DEC 03 2007