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Tillamook County Emergency Management
Saturday December 20th, 2014 :: 12:18 p.m. PST

Alert

Flood Advisory until 03:15PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHWESTERN YAMHILL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OREGON... WESTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OREGON... LINCOLN COUNTY IN WESTERN OREGON... WESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN WESTERN OREGON... SOUTHWESTERN TILLAMOOK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OREGON... NORTHWESTERN LANE COUNTY IN WESTERN OREGON...

* UNTIL 315 PM PST

* AT 1211 PM PST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE REPORTED FLOODED ROADWAYS AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING ALONG THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE LAST 12 HOURS AND ALLOWED WATER TO POOL IN LOW LYING AREAS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NEWPORT...FLORENCE...LINCOLN CITY...WALDPORT...DEPOE BAY...DUNES CITY...OTTER ROCK...TRIANGLE LAKE...MAPLETON...LINCOLN BEACH... EDDYVILLE...NESKOWIN...VALSETZ...TIDEWATER...ALSEA...BLODGETT... GRAND RONDE...TOLEDO...WILLAMINA AND SILETZ. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS IN OREGON... U.S. HIGHWAY 20 WEST OF CORVALLIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 40. U.S. HIGHWAY 101 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 121...BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 123 AND 140...NEAR MILE MARKER 156...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 182 AND 198. STATE HIGHWAY 18 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 28. STATE HIGHWAY 22 FROM VALLEY JUNCTION TO SALEM NEAR MILE MARKER 1. STATE HIGHWAY 126 WEST OF EUGENE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 34.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BENTON ... LANE ... LINCOLN ... POLK ... TILLAMOOK ... YAMHILL

Instructions:

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTRY ROADS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. 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.

Address/Location
Tillamook County Emergency Management
201 Laurel Ave
Tillamook, OR 97141

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 503-842-3412

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Alert Details

Severity:
Minor - Minimal to no known threat to life or property
Urgency:
Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
Certainty:
Likely (p > ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Flood Advisory

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