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...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON... .HEAVY RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING WILL CAUSE SHARP RISES ON SOME RIVERS. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE WILLAPA HILLS...NORTH OREGON COAST RANGE...AND NORTH OREGON CASCADES...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES TOTAL FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE RIVERS OF GREATEST CONCERN ARE THE GRAYS IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...AND THE NEHALEM AND CLACKAMAS IN NORTHWEST OREGON. ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST OREGON...CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY...COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON...GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA...LOWER COLUMBIA...NORTH OREGON COAST AND NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS. IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...GREATER VANCOUVER AREA...I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY...SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS...SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST AND WILLAPA HILLS.

* FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON

* RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING WILL CAUSE SHARP RISES ON SOME RIVERS AND CREEKS.

* MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG SOME RIVERS AND CREEKS DRAINING THE WILLAPA HILLS...THE NORTH OREGON COAST RANGE...AND THE NORTH OREGON CASCADES. RIVERS OF GREATEST CONCERN INCLUDE THE GRAYS RIVER NEAR ROSBURG IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...THE LOWER NEHALEM RIVER AT FOSS IN THE NORTH OREGON COAST RANGE...AND THE CLACKAMAS RIVER AT ESTACADA. MINOR FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG CREEKS AND IN LOW AREAS OF THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON INTERIOR. URBAN AREAS THAT MIGHT BE AFFECTED INCLUDE PORTLAND...SALEM...VANCOUVER... AND LONGVIEW/KELSO.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY ... COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON ... GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA ... LOWER COLUMBIA ... NORTH OREGON COAST ... NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS

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A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. 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. 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. THE NEXT UPDATE FOR THIS WATCH WILL BE ISSUED BY 1130 PM PST.