SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT VERY WET AND STRONG STORM EXPECTED IN THE REGION LATER THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
256 PM PDT WED MAR 26 2014
..VERY WET AND STRONG STORM EXPECTED IN THE REGION LATER THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...
A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL ARRIVE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...WITH RAIN AND WIND INCREASING ACROSS THE REGION.
FIRST TO ARRIVE WILL BE THE WARM FRONT...WHICH WILL LIFT ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. EXPECT RAIN...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG THE COAST AND INTO THE COAST RANGE AFTER MIDNIGHT THURSDAY. RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. WHILE RIVER LEVELS ARE LOW AT THE MOMENT...THERE WILL BE MODERATE TO SHARP RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS ON FRIDAY. HOWEVER...AT THIS POINT IN TIME...FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. WITH SOILS SATURATED...SOME MUDSLIDES ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION...ESPECIALLY IN THE COAST RANGE AND WILLAPA HILLS LATER THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME...BEST ESTIMATES ARE FOR 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL ALONG THE COAST AND OVER THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS...AND INTO THE CASCADES. RAINFALL OF 0.75 INCH TO 1.50 INCHES ARE LIKELY FOR OTHER AREAS. THIS WOULD BE TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY FRIDAY. EXPECT SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ON THE COAST...WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ON THE EXPOSED HEADLANDS AND OPEN BEACHES. BREEZY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED FURTHER INLAND ON FRIDAY.
A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL SHIFT THE HEAVIEST RAIN SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHWEST OREGON FRIDAY EVENING.
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...SNOW LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER. SNOW WILL FALL IN THE HIGHER CASCADES THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...BUT MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL DEVELOP AS THE COLDER AIR ALOFT ARRIVES FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AT MAJOR PASSES LEVELS IN THE CASCADES FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...WITH 1 TO 2 FEET AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
CONDITIONS MAY CHANGE...AND FORECASTS MAY CHANGE. SO PLEASE...STAY TUNED INTO TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER SOURCE FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS. THIS WILL NOT BE A GREAT TIME FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
Address/Location
Tillamook County Emergency Management
201 Laurel Ave
Tillamook, OR 97141
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 503-842-3412