SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT: HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS SW WASHINGTON AND NW OREGON THIS WEEKEND.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
504 AM PDT FRI MAR 13 2015
...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON THIS WEEKEND...
THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENT IN SOME TIME IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND. A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WITH A CONNECTION TO SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WILL MOVE ONSHORE EARLY SATURDAY AND STALL OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING PERIODS OF RAINFALL...HEAVY AT TIMES. THE HIGHEST TOTALS WILL BE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE COAST RANGE AND CASCADES...WHERE 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE COASTAL REGIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE 1.5 TO 3 INCHES...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED OVER THE INTERIOR VALLEYS. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ON SATURDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE FORECASTED TO AFFECT THE SOUTH WASHINGTON AND NORTH OREGON COAST AND COAST RANGE...WHERE WIND GUSTS MAY REACH 40 TO 50 MPH.
CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...BUT THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO EXACTLY WHERE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SET UP. STAY TUNED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AS THE FINER DETAILS BECOME CLEARER. VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND.
Address/Location
Tillamook County Emergency Management
201 Laurel Ave
Tillamook, OR 97141
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 503-842-3412