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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... WESTERN TILLAMOOK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OREGON...

* UNTIL 215 PM PST

* AT 1032 AM PST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED STANDING WATER ALONG LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS. ONE AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THESE AREAS THIS MORNING...AND MORE IS EXPECTED. THE HEAVY RAINFALL IN COMBINATION WITH TIDAL OVERFLOW FROM A HIGH TIDAL CYCLE WILL CREATING FLOODING ISSUES THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NEHALEM...TILLAMOOK...AND PACIFIC CITY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS IN OREGON... U.S. HIGHWAY 101.

* AFFECTED AREAS: TILLAMOOK

Instructions:

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.