...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM PST THIS EVENING
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF NORTHWEST OREGON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY...CENTRAL COAST RANGE
OF WESTERN OREGON...CENTRAL OREGON COAST...CENTRAL WILLAMETTE
VALLEY...NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS AND SOUTH
WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
* FROM 7 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
* THE ONSET OF HEAVY RAIN TUESDAY NIGHT...COMBINED WITH SOME
SNOWMELT IN THE COAST RANGE AND CASCADES FOOTHILLS...WILL CAUSE
RISES ON RIVERS AND CREEKS DRAINING THE COAST RANGE...AND NORTH
OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS.
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THURSDAY...1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN WILLAMETTE VALLEY...3 TO 6 INCHES CENTRAL OREGON
COAST AND COAST RANGE...AND 2 TO 4 INCHES NORTH OREGON CASCADE
FOOTHILLS.
* RIVERS OF GREATEST CONCERN INCLUDE THE SILETZ RIVER IN LINCOLN
COUNTY AND THE MARYS RIVER IN BENTON COUNTY. HOWEVER...BOTH OF
THESE RIVERS ARE FORECAST TO CREST JUST BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
FORECASTS WILL BE UPDATED AS NEEDED AS THE HEAVY RAIN MOVES IN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
LANDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS FLOOD EVENT.
PEOPLE...STRUCTURES AND ROADS LOCATED BELOW STEEP SLOPES...IN
CANYONS AND NEAR THE MOUTHS OF CANYONS MAY BE AT SERIOUS RISK
FROM RAPIDLY MOVING LANDSLIDES.