Flooding expected along coast and coastal mountains
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED AN
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…
BENTON COUNTY IN WESTERN OREGON…
LINCOLN COUNTY IN WESTERN OREGON…
WESTERN LANE COUNTY IN WESTERN OREGON…
WESTERN LINN COUNTY IN WESTERN OREGON…
WESTERN POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN OREGON…
* UNTIL 845 PM PST TUESDAY
* AT 439 PM PST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND
AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE CENTRAL
OREGON COAST AND COASTAL MOUNTAINS…AND THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE
VALLEY AND CENTRAL CASCADE FOOTHILLS. RAINFALL SINCE 10 AM INCLUDED
1.7 INCHES NEAR MAPLETON AND NEARLY 1.2 INCHES AT EUGENE.
A FEW LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ALBANY…CORVALLIS…EUGENE…
FLORENCE…NEWPORT AND SWEET HOME.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
HIGHWAYS…STREETS AND UNDERPASSES…IN URBAN AREAS WITH POOR OR
OVERWHELMED DRAINAGE…AND WILL ALSO CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS.
