Hazardous Weather Outlook for Columbia County

Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
510 AM PDT FRI SEP 17 2010

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NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-
COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-
CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA-
WILLAPA HILLS-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I-
5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-
510 AM PDT FRI SEP 17 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COAST AND COASTAL HILLS
OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UNSEASONABLY WET FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING UP TO ONE TO TWO
INCHES OF RAIN TO THE SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON
COAST AND COAST RANGE BY THIS EVENING. RAINFALL RATES MAY BE HEAVY
AT TIMES...LEADING TO PONDING ON AREA ROADS.

MAINSTEM RIVERS ARE STILL LOW DUE TO THE DRY SUMMER PERIOD...SO
LARGER SCALE HYDROLOGIC ISSUES ARE NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS OF ANY HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS OR UNUSUALLY HEAVY
RAINRATES WOULD BE HELPFUL TODAY.