STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 8 FOR HEAVY RAIN IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
700 AM PST TUE NOV 07 2006

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

FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
WASHINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN OREGON. HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN
EFFECT ALONG THE SOUTHERN COASTAL RANGE OF OREGON.

AT 7AM...THE SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MAKING
LANDFALL ACROSS WESTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA...AND THE ACCOMPANYING
FRONT WAS MOVING ACROSS THE WEST COAST. THE SYSTEM IS MOVING EAST
AROUND 25 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN FROM ITS CURRENT INTENSITY
OF 982 MB.

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.  MANY RIVERS ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON AND OREGON ARE
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT THIS POINT.

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 6 AM
TUESDAY 

...WASHINGTON...              
 
JUNE LAKE                            31.10
WYNOOCHEE LAKE                       21.01
YACOLT                               17.08                        
SPENCER MEADOWS                      15.60                        
PACKWOOD                             14.53
WILDWOOD                             13.98
CEDAR FALLS                          12.47
OLYMPIA                              10.22
CASTLE ROCK                           9.81
KELSO                                 7.90
SEATTLE                               7.68                       
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
VERNONIA                             10.15
TILLAMOOK RAWS                        9.44
TILLAMOOK CITY                        8.97
ASTORIA (AIRPORT)                     8.93  
PORTLAND                              5.09
              
...IDAHO...

MULLAN PASS                           9.64
BEAR MOUNTAIN                         7.66
KELLOGG                               5.37

 
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 ADVANCES ACROSS 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 1 PM PST.  PLEASE REFER TO STATEMENTS FROM
YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT.

OTTO