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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
311 PM PDT WED OCT 22 2014

...WET AND WINDY THROUGH THE WEEKEND FOR SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON...

A MOIST AND SLOW-MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM IS BRINGING WIDESPREAD
HEAVY RAIN TO SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON TODAY.THE BAND OF HEAVIEST RAIN WILL SLOWLY SHIFT SOUTHEAST THROUGH THIS EVENING...BEFORE BECOMING CONFINED TO THE LANE COUNTY 
CASCADES OVERNIGHT. EXPECT NUMEROUS POST-FRONTAL SHOWERS TO 
CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY.

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL TOTALS UPWARDS OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED IN THE INLAND VALLEYS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. COASTAL
LOCATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN ARE FORECAST FOR MOST OF THE COAST RANGE AND CASCADES.

MINOR URBAN FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DUE TO AUTUMN LEAVES CLOGGING
STORM DRAINS. ADDITIONALLY...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF MINOR
FLOODING ON A COUPLE OF FAST RESPONDING SMALL STREAMS AND 
RIVERS DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN. BURN SCAR AREAS FROM RECENT WILDFIRES IN THE CASCADES MAY ALSO BE SUBJECT TO DEBRIS FLOWS OR 
MUDSLIDES. ALL OF THIS WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY OVER THE 
COMING DAYS.

AFTER A LULL ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY...ANOTHER 
STRONG SYSTEM MAY AFFECT PART OF THE AREA LATER FRIDAY INTO THIS WEEKEND. DETAILS ON THIS SYSTEM ARE STILL UNCERTAIN...BUT 
IT APPEARS SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON ARE IN 
FOR ANOTHER PERIOD OF WET AND WINDY WEATHER.