STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 7 FOR HEAVY RAIN IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
100 AM PST TUE NOV 07 2006

...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...

...SOME RIVERS ARE FORECAST TO EXCEED RECORD FLOOD STAGES...

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

FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON STATE AND NORTHWEST OREGON THROUGH
TUESDAY.    

SINCE THURSDAY HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING OVER PORTIONS OF THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST AS A STRONG ONSHORE WIND FLOW HAS BROUGHT AN
INFLUX OF PACIFIC MOISTURE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. SOILS ARE
SATURATED AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL
FLOODING.

STRONG WINDS ARE AFFECTING COASTAL SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON AND OREGON WITH WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH. SOME GUSTS COULD
REACH 60 MPH OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
 

...SELECTED STORM RAIN TOTALS IN INCHES FROM THURSDAY THROUGH 4 PM
MONDAY 

...WASHINGTON              
 
JUNE LAKE                            31.10
YACOLT                               17.08                        
SPENCER MEADOWS                      15.60                        
CASTLE ROCK                           9.81
KELSO                                 7.90                        
WASHOUGAL                             6.80                        
VANCOUVER                             5.92   
    
         
...OREGON            

LEES CAMP                            26.70  
MT HEBO                              15.86
ROCK HOUSE RAWS                      11.05
ABERNATHY MTN                        10.99 
SEASIDE                              10.47 
RYE MTN RAWS                         10.45
TILLAMOOK RAWS                        9.44
TILLAMOOK CITY                        8.97
ASTORIA (AIRPORT)                     8.93  
PORTLAND                              5.09
              
 
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FOR MOST OF
ELECTION DAY...BUT SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INLAND INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
 ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE FORECAST FOR THE
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES...THE OREGON CASCADES AND THE COAST
RANGES OF OREGON.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 4 AM PST.  PLEASE REFER TO STATEMENTS FROM
YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT.

ORAVEC/RUBIN-OSTER