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Tillamook County Emergency Management
Thursday November 24th, 2016 :: 12:05 p.m. PST

Alert

Flood Advisory until 03:48AM Monday

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN WESTERN OREGON... SOUTHEASTERN CLATSOP COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OREGON... WESTERN MULTNOMAH COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OREGON... NORTHEASTERN TILLAMOOK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OREGON... NORTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN WESTERN OREGON... NORTHWESTERN CLACKAMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OREGON... NORTHWESTERN LINN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OREGON... WESTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OREGON... POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OREGON... YAMHILL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OREGON... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OREGON... COLUMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OREGON... CENTRAL COWLITZ COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON... WESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...

* UNTIL 800 PM PST THURSDAY.

* AT 1202 PM PST...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATE HEAVY RAIN IN PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM WEATHER SPOTTERS AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF PONDED WATER AND FLOODED ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND THE PORTLAND METRO AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE COAST RANGE. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREAS: LINCOLN ... LINN ... MARION ... MULTNOMAH ... POLK ... TILLAMOOK ... WASHINGTON ... YAMHILL

Instructions:

TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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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