WGUS46 KPQR 080327
FLWPQR
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
727 PM PST WED JAN 07 2009
 
NW OREGON/SW WASHINGTON COASTAL BASINS BULLETIN

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OREGON...

  SILETZ RIVER AT SILETZ AFFECTING LINCOLN COUNTY

RIVER STAGE FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED AND FORECAST RAINFALL AND
TEMPERATURES.  IF ACTUAL RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURES VARY FROM THE 
FORECAST VALUES...THE RIVER STAGE WILL VARY ACCORDINGLY. RIVER 
FORECASTS INCLUDE CURRENT AND PLANNED RESERVOIR RELEASES. 

FOR THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS...VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND (LOWER CASE).
                                                              
THE NEXT UPDATE FOR THESE LOCATIONS WILL BE ISSUED BY 8 AM THURSDAY.


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727 PM PST WED JAN 07 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE SILETZ RIVER AT SILETZ
* FROM 7 AM THURSDAY UNTIL 7 PM THURSDAY.
* AT 7 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS...13.5 FEET / 13800 CFS.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET AND FLOOD FLOW IS 18100 CFS.
* FORECAST...THIS RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 
  7 AM THURSDAY...AND IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 17.1 FT AROUND 10 AM 
  THURSDAY. 
* IMPACT...ABOVE 16 FT...EXPECT MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING AND MINOR 
  FLOODING OF SOME STRUCTURES AND ROADS ALONG THE SILETZ RIVER.

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