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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Washington
Issued by the National Weather Service
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List of Active Alerts by County
Central Coast
high surf warning
North Coast
high surf warning
Northeast Mountains
winter storm warning
Olympics
winter weather advisory
South Washington Cascades, Lower Columbia, I, 5 Corrido, Western Columbia River Gorge, Greater Vancouver Area, South Washington Cascade Foothil
flood advisory
South Washington Cascades
winter weather advisory
South Washington Coast
high surf advisory
West Slopes Central Cascades and
winter weather advisory
West Slopes Northern Cascades an
winter weather advisory
Flood Advisory
South Washington Cascades, Lower Columbia, I, 5 Corrido, Western Columbia River Gorge, Greater Vancouver Area, South Washington Cascade Foothil (Washington)
FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 1244 PM PST SAT NOV 7 2009 ORC005-047-051-067-071-WAC011-072330- /O.NEW.KPQR.FA.Y.0008.091107T2044Z-091107T2330Z/ /00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MARION OR-CLACKAMAS OR-MULTNOMAH OR-WASHINGTON OR-YAMHILL OR-CLARK WA- 1244 PM PST SAT NOV 7 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN... EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OREGON... EASTERN YAMHILL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OREGON... NORTHWESTERN CLACKAMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OREGON... NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OREGON... WESTERN MULTNOMAH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OREGON... CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON... * UNTIL 330 PM PST. * AT 1234 PM PST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND CLARK COUNTY LOWLANDS. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT HOUR...POSSIBLY LONGER. A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE HAS REPORTED THAT THIS RAIN IS ALREADY CAUSING LOCALIZED MINOR STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY OF PORTLAND. A FEW LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BATTLE GROUND...VANCOUVER DOWNTOWN...WASHOUGAL...HILLSBORO...OREGON CITY AND PORTLAND DOWNTOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS WILL EXACERBATE PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE LOCALIZED MINOR STREET FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE DUE TO STORM DRAINS BEING CLOGGED WITH LEAF DEBRIS. 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. LAT...LON 4570 12315 4571 12274 4582 12274 4593 12227 4530 12229 4509 12277 4510 12315 4530 12315 $$ WEAGLE WEATHER.GOV/PORTLANDIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Weather Advisory
South Washington Cascades (Washington)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 245 PM PST SAT NOV 7 2009 ORZ011-013-WAZ019-080600- /O.CON.KPQR.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-091108T0600Z/ NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY- SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOVERNMENT CAMP...DETROIT... SANTIAM PASS...MCKENZIE BRIDGE...OAKRIDGE...WILLAMETTE PASS... COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...MOUNT ST. HELENS 245 PM PST SAT NOV 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON AND NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 3000 FEET IN THE SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES TO 3500 FEET IN THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 18 INCHES TO NEARLY 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS UP AT THE SKI RESORTS. THE SNOW WILL EASE UP LATER TONIGHT AND ON SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Surf Advisory
South Washington Coast (Washington)
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 310 PM PST SAT NOV 7 2009 ORZ001-002-WAZ021-080615- /O.CAN.KPQR.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091108T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPQR.SU.Y.0007.091107T2310Z-091109T0100Z/ NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST- 310 PM PST SAT NOV 7 2009 ...HIGH SURF WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST SUNDAY FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OREGON AND SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST SUNDAY. THIS REPLACES THE HIGH SURF WARNING WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. LARGE SWELL GENERATED BY A STORM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA IS MOVING THROUGH THE WATERS OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WITH 20 TO 23 FOOT SEAS BEING REPORTED BY THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON COASTAL BUOYS. THESE SEAS HAVE COME DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM THE EARLIER PEAK OF 24 TO 27 FEET FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLIER THIS MORNING. THOUGH THE SWELL HAS COME DOWN A BIT...IT IS STILL POWERFUL ENOUGH TO GENERATE VERY ENERGETIC WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE...WHICH WILL PUMMEL THE COAST WITH LARGE BREAKERS AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE. HEAVY DEBRIS SUCH AS LOGS WILL BE THROWN AROUND BY THE LARGE WAVES...MAKING THE SURF ZONE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS. HAZARDS FROM HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BE ENHANCED DURING THE HIGH TIDES AROUND 3 TO 4 PM IN THE AFTERNOON. THE HIGH TIDE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WILL CAUSE THE LARGE WAVES TO IMPACT HIGHER PORTIONS OF THE BEACHES THAN AT OTHER TIMES OF THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS TO VENTURE NEAR THE COAST UNDER HIGH SURF CONDITIONS. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SWEPT OFF ROCKS AND JETTIES AND DROWN WHILE OBSERVING HIGH SURF. STAY WELL BACK FROM THE WATERS EDGE AND BE ALERT FOR THE EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH WAVE. $$ WEAGLEIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning
Northeast Mountains (Washington)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 254 PM PST SAT NOV 7 2009 ...HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW OVERNIGHT... .THE SECOND FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON THROUGH THE NIGHT. IDZ001-WAZ037-080700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0027.000000T0000Z-091108T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 254 PM PST SAT NOV 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. ANOTHER 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AS A SECOND FAST MOVING STORM ARRIVES. TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3500 FEET AROUND SANDPOINT... CHEWELAH...AND METALINE FALLS. THIS TOTAL SNOW INCLUDES THE AMOUNTS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT AND OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON THE MOUNTAIN RIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DUE TO THIS EARLY SEASON WINTER WEATHER EVENT...PEOPLE PLANNING RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD CONSIDER THAT CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS COULD BE POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Weather Advisory
Olympics (Washington)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 325 PM PST SAT NOV 7 2009 WAZ513-080600- /O.CON.KSEW.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-091108T0600Z/ OLYMPICS- 325 PM PST SAT NOV 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT OVER THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS TONIGHT ABOVE 3000 FEET...THOUGH SNOWFALL INTENSITY SHOULD START TO TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT. UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE RETURN OF WINTER CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...CALL 511 OR 800-695-ROAD...OR VISIT THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WEB SITE AT WWW.WSDOT.WA.GOV. $$ HANER WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLEIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Surf Warning
North Coast (Washington)
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 345 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009 WAZ516-517-080000- /O.CON.KSEW.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091108T0000Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 345 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. POWERFUL WAVES OF 25 TO 28 FEET WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST TODAY. THESE WAVES WILL BE SEPARATED BY 15 TO 20 SECONDS. WAVES OF THIS SIZE PUSH LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER ONTO THE COASTLINE AND INTO HARBORS...COVES AND INLETS. THE MOST LIKELY PLACE FOR PROBLEMS TO OCCUR IS RIGHT ALONG THE BEACHES...WHERE LOW LYING ROADS COULD HAVE SHALLOW WATER OVER THEM...AND SOME LEVEES OR REVETMENTS COULD SEE WATER SPLASHING OVER THE TOP. COASTAL INLETS...INCLUDING GRAYS HARBOR...CAN EXPECT TO SEE TIDE LEVELS RUNNING ABOUT A FOOT HIGHER THAN TIDE TABLE PREDICTIONS. TIDE TABLES FOR ABERDEEN PREDICT HIGH TIDES OF 8.8 FEET AT 441 AM THIS MORNING...AND 10.4 FEET AT 339 PM THIS AFTERNOON. COASTAL FLOODING AT ABERDEEN BEGINS AT 14.0 FT...SO EVEN AN EXTRA FOOT OR MORE SHOULD NOT CAUSE PROBLEMS IN GRAYS HARBOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THESE WAVES ARE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP UNWARY BEACH WALKERS OUT TO SEA. PEOPLE CAN BE SERIOUSLY INJURED BY DEBRIS...SUCH AS LOGS...TOSSED ABOUT IN THE WAVES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
High Surf Warning
Central Coast (Washington)
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 345 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009 WAZ516-517-080000- /O.CON.KSEW.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091108T0000Z/ NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 345 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. POWERFUL WAVES OF 25 TO 28 FEET WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST TODAY. THESE WAVES WILL BE SEPARATED BY 15 TO 20 SECONDS. WAVES OF THIS SIZE PUSH LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER ONTO THE COASTLINE AND INTO HARBORS...COVES AND INLETS. THE MOST LIKELY PLACE FOR PROBLEMS TO OCCUR IS RIGHT ALONG THE BEACHES...WHERE LOW LYING ROADS COULD HAVE SHALLOW WATER OVER THEM...AND SOME LEVEES OR REVETMENTS COULD SEE WATER SPLASHING OVER THE TOP. COASTAL INLETS...INCLUDING GRAYS HARBOR...CAN EXPECT TO SEE TIDE LEVELS RUNNING ABOUT A FOOT HIGHER THAN TIDE TABLE PREDICTIONS. TIDE TABLES FOR ABERDEEN PREDICT HIGH TIDES OF 8.8 FEET AT 441 AM THIS MORNING...AND 10.4 FEET AT 339 PM THIS AFTERNOON. COASTAL FLOODING AT ABERDEEN BEGINS AT 14.0 FT...SO EVEN AN EXTRA FOOT OR MORE SHOULD NOT CAUSE PROBLEMS IN GRAYS HARBOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THESE WAVES ARE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP UNWARY BEACH WALKERS OUT TO SEA. PEOPLE CAN BE SERIOUSLY INJURED BY DEBRIS...SUCH AS LOGS...TOSSED ABOUT IN THE WAVES. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Weather Advisory
West Slopes Northern Cascades an (Washington)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 325 PM PST SAT NOV 7 2009 WAZ518-519-081200- /O.CAN.KSEW.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-091108T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KSEW.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-091108T1200Z/ WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES- WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- 325 PM PST SAT NOV 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTH CASCADES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS ENDED. INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CASCADES TONIGHT...MAINLY AT AND ABOVE 3000 FEET. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 9 INCHES. HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE NEAR MOUNT RAINIER WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS IN THE MAJOR HIGHWAY PASSES...SUCH AS STEVENS AND SNOQUALMIE. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY...BUT SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL SUBSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Weather Advisory
West Slopes Central Cascades and (Washington)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 325 PM PST SAT NOV 7 2009 WAZ518-519-081200- /O.CAN.KSEW.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-091108T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KSEW.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-091108T1200Z/ WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES- WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- 325 PM PST SAT NOV 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTH CASCADES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS ENDED. INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CASCADES TONIGHT...MAINLY AT AND ABOVE 3000 FEET. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 9 INCHES. HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE NEAR MOUNT RAINIER WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS IN THE MAJOR HIGHWAY PASSES...SUCH AS STEVENS AND SNOQUALMIE. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY...BUT SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL SUBSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
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