STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 04 FOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST HEAVY RAINFALL
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
200 AM PDT FRI OCT 14 2016

...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND
NORTHERN ROCKIES ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS... 

FLASH FLOOD WATCHES...FLOOD WATCHES AND FLOOD ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON...NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...AND
CENTRAL IDAHO.

HIGH WIND WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA...NEVADA...AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF MONTANA AND WYOMING.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 100 AM PDT...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PUSHING ACROSS THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST WAS INTENSIFYING...WHICH IN TURN WAS ALSO
STRENGTHENING THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE...WHICH IS LOCATED OFF THE
BRITISH COLUBIA COAST. A STRONG PACIFIC FRONT ATTACHED TO THIS
DEEPENING LOW WAS ALSO APPROACHING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...AND IN
RESPONSE STRONG ONSHORE FLOW ALONG THE COAST OF THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST WAS BRINGING AMPLE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS SHOWED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA COAST NORTHWARD ACROSS WASHINGTON AND BRITISH COLUMBIA.
LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WERE ALSO REPORTED EASTWARD PAST THE
CASCADES INTO EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. THERE WAS
ALSO SCATTERED SHOWERS REPORTED IN NORTHEASTERN OREGON AND
SOUTHERN IDAHO. WIND GUSTS OVER 90 MPH WERE REPORTED IN WESTERN
OREGON.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM PDT WED OCT
12 THROUGH 100 AM PDT THU OCT 13...

...CALIFORNIA...
CRESCENT CITY/MC NAMARA FIELD         4.99                    
ARCATA AIRPORT                        1.45                    

...OREGON...
HARBOR 1 WNW                          6.55                    
BROOKINGS 5 NNW                       6.44                    
LANGLOIS 2 ESE                        4.73                    
OBRIEN 2 SSW                          4.03                    
NORTH BEND MUNI ARPT                  3.46                    
ASTORIA                               3.42                    
COOS BAY 2 SSE                        3.15                    
GLENDALE                              2.83                    
SELMA                                 2.78                    
SEXTON SUMMIT                         2.73                    
PORTLAND INTL ARPT                    1.97                    
KERBY                                 1.75                    
LAKESIDE 1 NNW                        1.75                    
AURORA                                1.70                    
SILETZ 2.9 NNE                        1.52                    
SCAPPOOSE                             1.36                    
SALEM/MCNARY FIELD                    1.33                    
MERLIN 4 ESE                          1.30                    

...WASHINGTON...
SHELTON/SANDERSON FIELD ARPT          3.29                    
HOQUIAM/BOWERAN ARPT                  2.89                    
BREMERTON NATL ARPT                   2.78                    
QUILLAYUTE                            2.71                    
POTLATCH 2 N                          2.25                    
HOODSPORT 3.7 WNW                     2.14                    
OCEAN SHORES 1.2 N                    2.14                    
VANCOUVER                             1.99                    
MONTESANO 5 ESE                       1.92                    
TACOMA NARROWS ARPT                   1.91                    
ABERDEEN 6.1 E                        1.88                    
OLYMPIA ARPT                          1.67                    
SEATTLE/TACOMA INTL ARPT              1.61                    
QUINAULT 2.2 NE                       1.60                    
GRAY AAF/FORT LEWIS                   1.56                    
MCCHORD AFD/TACOMA                    1.54                    

...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...

...MONTANA...
EAST GLACIER PARK 8 SE                67                    

...OREGON...
OCEANSIDE 2 E                        103                    
NETARTS 2 S                           94                    
HARLAN 7 ESE                          92                    
HEBO 5 ESE                            78                    
GARIBALDI 2 WNW                       77                    
PACIFIC CITY                          69                    
MANZANITA 1 SSW                       67                    
WARRENTON 2 ESE                       66                    
DISSTON 6 ESE                         63                    
YACHATS 1 NW                          62                    
HECETA HEAD 1 SSW                     61                    
LINCOLN BEACH 1 N                     61                    
MOUNT HOOD 2 SSW                      61                    
CANNON BEACH                          59                    
SCHOLLS 4 SW                          59                    
SOUTH BEACH 2 S                       59                    
ROOSTER ROCK STATE 1 SW               55                    

...WASHINGTON...
MEGLER 1 NNW                          94                    
NASELLE 4 NNE                         76                    
NORTH BONNEVILLE 6 NNW                75                    
CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT 2 NE              72                    
RYDERWOOD 3 WSW                       56                    
TOKELAND 1 ESE                        54                    


THE STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL COME ASHORE EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...BRINGING WITH IT HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. AS THE COLD
FRONT PUSHES INLAND...RAIN WILL CONTINUE SPREADING ACROSS THE
INTERMOUNTAIN WEST AND NORTHERN ROCKIES BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN
WEST ON FRIDAY...PRECIPITATION WILL ALSO INCREASE IN THIS REGION.
MEANWHILE...ONSHORE FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT WILL GENERATE LIGHT TO
MODERATE SHOWERS ALONG COAST FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO
WASHINGTON. BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...A POTENTIALLY MORE POWERFUL
STORM WILL APPROACH THE OREGON COAST. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL START
AGAIN AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FROM THESE
STORMS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
FROM THE CASCADES WESTWARD. THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND FAVORED UPSLOPE
AREAS COULD SEE OVER 20 INCHES. EAST OF THE CASCADES... RAINFALL
TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS OF
THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR UP TO 6 INCHES. WITH
SUCH A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAINFALL EXPECTED...FLOODING COULD BE
A THREAT ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. 

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 800 AM PDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

FANNING