066 WRUS2 KPDX 070953 FLWPDX ORZ004-081800- FLOOD WARNING BULLETIN NO. 22 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 140 AM PST WED FEB 7 1996 .... SANTIAM BASIN UPDATE..... ...FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR THE LITTLE NORTH SANTIAM RIVER AND THE NORTH SANTIAM RIVER IM MARION COUNTY... ...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MAINSTEM SANTIAM RIVER IN MARION COUNTY... RAIN AND SNOWMELT CONTINUE TO INCREASE FLOWS IN THE SANTIAM RIVER BASIN. FLOODING IS IN PROGRESS ALONG THE LITTLE NORTH SANTIAM RIVER ACCORDING TO MARION COUNTY AUTHORITIES. THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG THE NORTH SANTIAM RIVER EVEN AS FLOOD CONTROL OPERATIONS CONTINUE AT CORPS OF ENGINEERS DAMS. AT MEHAMA THE GAGE IS AT 11.8 FEET NOW COILD RISE TO NEAR 12.5 FEET BY DAYBREAK. . THE SOUTH SANTIAM RIVER IS ALSO RISING BUT NO FLOODING IS LIKELY ON THIS RIVER TODAY. THE MAINSTEM SANTIAM RIVER AT JEFFERSON/ FLOOD STAGE 15.0 FEET/ IS NOW AT 16.8 FEET AND WILL RISE TO NEAR 18.5 FEET BY NOON WEDNESDAY...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE THERE. PERSONS IN THE SANTIAM RIVER BASIN SHOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. CS NNNN 424 WRUS1 KPDT 071102 FFWPDT WAC039-077-071700- BULLETIN SMALL STEAM FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 300 AM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KLICKITAT AND YAKIMA COUNTIES... FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS THROUGHOUT THE KLICKITAT AND YAKIMA COUNTIES. AT 2 AM OFFICIALS IN BOTH COUNTIES HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO WATER SPILLING OVER THE ROADWAYS. IN CENTERVILLE OF KLICKITAT COUNTY...HEAVY FLOODING ALONG SWALE CREEK HAS TREATENED NEARBY HOMES. KLICKITAT COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE ALSO REPORTED THAT IN BINGEN ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE COUNTY...HIGHWAY 14 IS CLOSED WITH A LARGE AREA COVERED IN WATER. THIS IS ONLY A SMALL LIST OF THE ROADS THAT ARE CLOSED IN KLICKITAT COUNTY. IN YAKIMA COUNTY...FLOODING OF THE TOPPENISH CREEK WEST OF TOPPENISH HAS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES. MOTORISTS DRIVING THROUGH THE LOWER VALLEY AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE NEARBY CLOSURES. MORE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF FLOODING THROUGHOUT KLICKITAT AND YAKIMA COUNTIES. PLEASE REFER TO WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE FOR INFORMATION ON MAINSTEM RIVERS. JOHNSON 833 RWUS42 KPDX 071210 COR FLSPDX ORZ001-002-004-010-011-072000- FLOOD STATEMENT BULLETIN NO. 23 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 400 AM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WESTERN OREGON... MARYS JOHNSON CREEK TUALATIN SOUTH YAMHILL CLACKAMAS SANDY MOLLALA PUDDING LUCKIAMUTE SANTIAM ALSEA WILSON SILETZ NEHALEM SIUSLAW MOHAWK ...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN EASTERN OREGON... UMATILLA JOHN DAY ...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR NORTHWEST OREGON... ...A FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHERN OREGON CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY... FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF WARNINGS AND FORECASTS FOR WESTERN OREGON RIVERS AT 2AM UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED... RIVER/STATION CURRENT FLOOD REMARKS NAME STAGE STAGE MARYS RIVER EST 20.0 20.0 FEET RISE TO 21 FEET THIS NR PHILOMATH AFTERNOON. JOHNSON CREEK 10.0 FEET 11.0 FEET RISE ABOVE 11.0 FEET AT SYCAMORE LATER THIS MORNING. TUALATIN RIVER 18.4 FEET 17.0 FEET RANGE NEAR 18.5 FEET NEAR DILLEY TODAY. NEAR FARMINGTON 29.3 FEET 32.0 FEET RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON. NEAR WEST LINN 10.9 FEET 13.5 FEET RANGE NEAR 11.5 FEET LATER TODAY. SOUTH YAMHILL RIVER 43.7 FEET 38.0 FEET FLOODING CONTINUES MOST NEAR WHITESON AREAS. RISE ABOVE 45.0 FEET LATER THIS MORNING AT WHITESON. CLACKAMAS RIVER 14.5 FEET 10.0 FEET CONTINUE TO RISE TO 16 AT ESTACADA FEET BY NOON. AT THIS LEVEL FLOODING MOBILE HOME PARK AT CARVER LIKELY WITH SIGNIFICANT FLOODING NEAR CONFLUENCE OF WILLAMETTE. MOLLALA RIVER EST 13.2 FEET 13.0 FEET RISE TO NEAR 14.0 FEET NEAR CANBY THIS MORNING. PUDDING RIVER EST 22.0 FEET 22.0 FEET EXPECTED TO RISE TO NEAR AURORA 23 FEET BY NOON. LUCKIAMUTE RIVER 31.2 FEET 27.0 FEET RISE TO 32.5 FEET NEAR SUVER BY NOON. SANTIAM RIVER 17.2 FEET 15.0 FEET RISE TO 18.0 FEET LATER AT JEFFERSON THIS MORNING. MOHAWK RIVER 16.2 FEET 15.0 FEET RISE ABOVE 17.5 FEET BY AT SPRINGFIELD NOON. ALSEA RIVER 22.5 FEET 18.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. AT TIDEWATER RANGE NEAR 22.5 FEET THIS MORNING. HOUSE FLOODING LIKELY. WILSON RIVER EST 18.0 FEET 13.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. REMAIN NR TILLAMOOK NEAR 18 FT THIS MORNING. SILETZ RIVER 23.9 FEET 16.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. RANGE NR SILETZ NEAR 24 FT THIS MORNING. NEHALEM RIVER 21.3 FEET 14.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. NR FOSS REMAIN NEAR 21.0 FEET. SIUSLAW RIVER 21.5 FEET 18.0 FEET WILL RISE TO NEAR 22.5 NEAR MAPLETON LATER THIS MORNING. THE FOLLOWING FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN OREGON... N. FK. JOHN DAY 10.1 FEET NONE AVBL. RISE NEAR 14 FT THIS NR MONUMENT AFTERNOON. JOHN DAY 8.7 FEET NONE MINOR FLOODING TONIGHT. AT SERVICE CK. UMATILLA RIVER 6.4 FEET 7.8 FEET RISE TO FLOOD STAGE AT PENDLETON TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT CONTINUES TO BRING RISING LEVELS IN RIVERS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT NORTHERN OREGON...AND A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN OREGON THROUGH THURSDAY. IN THE WILLAMETTE BASIN...FLOODING CONTINUES IN MOST TRIBUTARY BASINS. IN THE SANTIAM BASIN...FLOODING HAS DEVELOPED ALONG THE LITTLE NORTH SANTIAM AND NORTH SANTIAM RIVERS IN MARION COUNTY. THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE UPSTREAM OF OREGON CITY HAS RISEN TO BANKFULL LEVELS OVERNIGHT AND COULD RISE TO NEAR FLOOD LEVELS IN SOME PLACES TONIGHT. DOWNSTREAM OF OREGON CITY THROUGH PORTLAND THE RIVER COULD REACH FLOOD STAGE LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER...THE AREA FROM NEAR VANCOUVER DOWNSTREAM PAST SAUVIES ISLAND COULD ALSO REACH FLOOD STAGE LATER TODAY. THE HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO CAUSING SMALL STREAM FLOODING...AS WELL AS PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND CLARK COUNTY WASHINGTON TODAY. IN EASTERN OREGON AND A FEW STREAMS FLOWING FROM THE CASCADES...RIVER LEVELS MAY FLUCTUATE RAPIDLY DUE TO ICE JAMS. SOME FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ON SOME STREAMS IN NORTHEAST OREGON DUE TO ICE JAMS AND A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REAMINS IN EFFECT FOR UNION COUNTY. SOME FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN STREAMS DRAINING THE NORTH AND CENTRAL CASCADES TODAY AND FLOODING SHOULD DEVELOP IN THE JOHN DAY AND UMATILLA BASINS LATER TODAY. CS 053 WWUS45 KPDX 071258 NPWPDX ORZ001>003-071730- HIGH WIND WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 500 AM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...HIGH WIND WARNING OREGON COAST CONTINUES THROUGH TODAY... THE WEATHER SYSTEM PRODUCING SO MUCH RAIN IN WESTERN OREGON WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HIGH WINDS TO THE OREGON COAST TODAY. A FRONT EMBEDDED IN THAT SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE OREGON COAST LATER TODAY. WINDS WILL INTENSIFY AS THE FRONT APPROACHES THEN EASE SOMEWHAT TONIGHT AS IT MOVES ONSHORE. AT 4 AM THE STRONGEST WINDS WERE ON THE SOUTHERN OREGON COAST. SEA LION CAVES HAD WIND GUSTS TO 58 MPH...GOLD BEACH TO 53 MPH...AND NORTH BEND HAD REACHED 44 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL INTENSIFY SLIGHTLY AND SPREAD NORTH LATER THIS MORNING. THE FORECAST CALLS FOR SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH TODAY WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 65 MPH MAINLY OVER THE HEADLANDS. STRONG WIND GUSTS CAN CAUSE VEHICLE CONTROL PROBLEMS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS TAILOR TRUCKS AND MOTORHOMES. KEETON 054 WWUS45 KPDX 071259 COR NPWPDX ORZ001>003-071730- HIGH WIND WARNING...CORRECTED LAST LINE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 500 AM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...HIGH WIND WARNING OREGON COAST CONTINUES THROUGH TODAY... THE WEATHER SYSTEM PRODUCING SO MUCH RAIN IN WESTERN OREGON WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HIGH WINDS TO THE OREGON COAST TODAY. A FRONT EMBEDDED IN THAT SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE OREGON COAST LATER TODAY. WINDS WILL INTENSIFY AS THE FRONT APPROACHES THEN EASE SOMEWHAT TONIGHT AS IT MOVES ONSHORE. AT 4 AM THE STRONGEST WINDS WERE ON THE SOUTHERN OREGON COAST. SEA LION CAVES HAD WIND GUSTS TO 58 MPH...GOLD BEACH TO 53 MPH...AND NORTH BEND HAD REACHED 44 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL INTENSIFY SLIGHTLY AND SPREAD NORTH LATER THIS MORNING. THE FORECAST CALLS FOR SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH TODAY WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 65 MPH MAINLY OVER THE HEADLANDS. STRONG WIND GUSTS CAN CAUSE VEHICLE CONTROL PROBLEMS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS TRAILOR TRUCKS AND MOTORHOMES. KEETON 252 RWUS32 KPDT 071342 FFSPDT ORZ010-011-WAZ010-013-072000- SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 540 AM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR CATHERINE CREEK...LITTLE CREEK... AND CLARK CREEK IN UNION COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH TODAY. ...THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN OREGON... MORROW...UMATILLA...WALLOWA...UNION...AND GRANT COUNTIES. IN WASHINGTON... WALLA WALLA AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES. . AT 500 AM IN UNION COUNTY...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED CATHERINE CREEK WAS STILL RUNNING HIGH BUT HAS NOT RISEN SINCE 11 PM. LITTLE CREEK IS CURRENTLY 2 TO 3 FEET BELOW BANKFULL AT MIDNIGHT. THERE WAS ALSO FLOODING ALONG CLARK CREEK SINCE 10 PM LAST NIGHT. IT HAS BEEN RAINING MODERATELY SINCE 2 AM SO RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE WITH ADDITIONAL FLOODING. ALSO AS ICE JAMS CONTINUE TO FORM AND BREAK UP RAPID FLUCTUATINS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ON RIVERS AND STREAMS. AT 500 AM...WALLOWA COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED PRAIRIE CREEK NEAR ENTERPRISE WAS 1 FOOT BELOW BANKFULL AND HAD NOT RISEN SINCE MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IT IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO NEAR OR OVER FLOOD STAGE. SOME MINOR FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED ON THE IMNAHA RIVER DUE TO AN OVERRUNNING DRAIN PIPE. AT 500 AM...THE COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF`S OFFICE REPORTED THAT THE PATIT AND TOUCHET CREEKS WERE RUNNING HIGH AND WERE STILL RISING BUT ARE STILL WITHIN BANKFULLS. SANDBAGGING OPERATIONS CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS. MOST SMALL STREAMS IN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE RUNNING HIGH THIS MORNING. DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW RAIN IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY. BE PREPARED FOR RIVERS TO FLOW OVER THEIR BANKS LATER TODAY AS RIVERS CONTINUE TO RISE. IF YOU LIVE NEXT TO A SMALL STREAM OR RIVER...MONITOR FORECASTS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY. RSC 587 RWUS32 KMFR 071459 FFSMFR ORZ009-071830- SMALL RIVER AND STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 636 AM PST WED FEB 07 1996 ...A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING ALONG CROOKED CREEK IN CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY... WARM TEMPERATURES THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS...MELTING THE DEEP SNOW COVER IN LAKE COUNTY...CAUSED CROOKED CREEK TO REACH FLOOD STAGE. LAST NIGHT THE CREEK BEGAN FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 31 NORTH OF VALLEY FALLS. THIS RESULTED IN THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT CLOSING THE HIGHWAY TO VEHICLES WITH LOW GROUND CLEARANCE. THE SNOWMELT CAUSING THIS FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS WARM TEMPERATURES PERSIST. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS MAY AGGRAVATE THE CONDITION. MOTORISTS DRIVING VEHICLES WITH LOW GROUND CLEARANCE ARE ADVISED TO USE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES OF TRAVEL TODAY THROUGH CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND POLICE BARRICADES. SARGEANT 594 RWUS32 KMFR 071500 FFSMFR ORZ009-071830- SMALL RIVER AND STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 636 AM PST WED FEB 07 1996 ...A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING ALONG CROOKED CREEK IN CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY... WARM TEMPERATURES THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS...MELTING THE DEEP SNOW COVER IN LAKE COUNTY...CAUSED CROOKED CREEK TO REACH FLOOD STAGE. LAST NIGHT THE CREEK BEGAN FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 31 NORTH OF VALLEY FALLS. THIS RESULTED IN THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT CLOSING THE HIGHWAY TO VEHICLES WITH LOW GROUND CLEARANCE. THE SNOWMELT CAUSING THIS FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS WARM TEMPERATURES PERSIST. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS MAY AGGRAVATE THE CONDITION. MOTORISTS DRIVING VEHICLES WITH LOW GROUND CLEARANCE ARE ADVISED TO USE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES OF TRAVEL TODAY THROUGH CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND POLICE BARRICADES. SARGEANT 609 WRUS2 KPDX 071501 FLWPDX ORZ004-081800- FLOOD WARNING BULLETIN NO. 24 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 700 AM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR THE LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER... THE COLUMBIA RIVER AT VANCOUVER HAS BEEN RISING RAPIDLY THIS MORNING. AT 6 AM...THE GAGE READING WAS 15.5 FEET...JUST BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 16.0 FEET. THE RIVER WILL REACH FLOOD STAGE BY 9 AM...AND CONTINUE RISING TO AROUND 17.5 TO 18.0 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. AT LONGVIEW...WHERE THE FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET...THE READING WAS 11.5 FEET AND RISING SHARPLY. FLOOD STAGE WILL BE REACHED BY 9 AM AND THE RIVER WILL RISE TO AROUND 13 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING OF UNDIKED AREAS NEAR THE LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER FROM VANCOUVER DOWNSTREAM CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. PEOPLE NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER SHOULD BE ALERT THAT RIVER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE RISING THROUGH THURSDAY...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. SCHMIDT 623 WRUS2 KPDX 071506 COR FLWPDX ORZ001-004-081800- FLOOD WARNING BULLETIN NO. 24 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 700 AM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR THE LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER... THE COLUMBIA RIVER AT VANCOUVER HAS BEEN RISING RAPIDLY THIS MORNING. AT 6 AM...THE GAGE READING WAS 15.5 FEET...JUST BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 16.0 FEET. THE RIVER WILL REACH FLOOD STAGE BY 9 AM...AND CONTINUE RISING TO AROUND 17.5 TO 18.0 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. AT LONGVIEW...WHERE THE FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET...THE READING WAS 11.5 FEET AND RISING SHARPLY. FLOOD STAGE WILL BE REACHED BY 9 AM AND THE RIVER WILL RISE TO AROUND 13 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING OF UNDIKED AREAS NEAR THE LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER FROM VANCOUVER DOWNSTREAM CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. PEOPLE NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER SHOULD BE ALERT THAT RIVER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE RISING THROUGH THURSDAY...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. SCHMIDT 765 WRUS2 KPDX 071534 FLWPDX ORZ004-072200- FLOOD WARNING BULLETIN NO. 25 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 730 AM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR THE WILLAMETTE RIVER FROM OREGON CITY TO THE COLUMBIA RIVER... THE WILLAMETTE RIVER AT OREGON CITY BELOW THE FALLS REACHED 27.2 FEET AT 7 AM THIS MORNING...JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OF 27.0 FEET. AT PORTLAND...THE READING WAS 16.5 FEET AND RISING QUICKLY. THE FLOOD STAGE AT PORTLAND IS 18.0 FEET...AND THE RIVER SHOULD RISE TO THAT LEVEL BY 10 AM. THE WILLAMETTE RIVER BELOW THE FALLS WILL CONTINUE RISING THROUGH THE DAY. ONLY MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN UNDIKED AREAS TODAY. PEOPLE NEAR THE LOWER WILLAMETTE RIVER SHOULD BE ALERT THAT RIVER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE RISING THROUGH THURSDAY...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. SCHMIDT 781 WRUS1 KPDT 071542 FFWPDT ORC049-059-061-063-WAC013-071-072145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 739 AM PST WED FEB 7 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM PST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST OREGON ...MORROW COUNTY...UMATILLA COUNTY...UNION COUNTY ...WALLOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON ...COLUMBIA COUNTY...EASTERN WALLA WALLA COUNTY AT 7:35 AM THIS MORNING DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS SHOW HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. MEACHAM RECEIVED ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IN THE PAST FOUR HOURS. AT 7:30 AM A WEATHER SPOTTER IN PILOT ROCK REPORTED THAT BIRCH CREEK WAS RISING RAPIDLY. FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG BIRCH CREEK AS WELL AS OTHER SMALL STREAMS LATER THIS MORNING. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A SMALL STREAM MONITOR STREAM LEVELS CLOSELY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. TOBIN/DOHERTY & 922 WRUS2 KPDX 071614 FLWPDX ORZ004-072200- FLOOD WARNING BULLETIN NO. 26 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 815 AM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...FLOOD WARNINGS ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE WILLAMETTE RIVER...WITH POSSIBLE MAJOR FLOODING BY THURSDAY... ...FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR THE MCKENZIE RIVER IN LANE COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE ENTIRE WILLAMETTE RIVER IN WESTERN OREGON. VERY HEAVY RAIN FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS HAS CAUSED SHARP RISES AND FLOODING ON NEARLY ALL WILLAMETTE TRIBUTARIES. THE WILLAMETTE RIVER WILL REACH FLOOD STAGE AT AREAS FROM HARRISBURG DOWNSTREAM THROUGH SALEM DURING THE DAY TODAY. THE GAGE AS SALEM IS RISING PARTICULARLY FAST AND SHOULD REACH FLOOD STAGE BY LATE MORNING. THE RIVER CONTINUE RISING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. IF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES...POSSIBLE MAJOR FLOOD LEVELS MAY BE REACHED ALONG THE WILLAMETTE RIVER TONIGHT OR THURSDAY. THOSE LIVING NEAR THE WILLAMETTE RIVER SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM THE RISING RIVER. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED WITH FORECAST RIVER LEVELS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. SCHMIDT 953 WRUS1 KPDT 071623 FFWPDT WAC071-071930- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 821 AM PST WED FEB 7 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM PST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON ...EASTERN WALLA WALLA COUNTY INCLUDING THE TOWN OF WAITSBURG... WALLA WALLA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT THE LEVEE IN WAITSBURG HAS BROKEN ALONG THE TOUCHET RIVER. RESCUE OPERATIONS ARE UNDER WAY AT THIS TIME. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. & 438 RWUS32 KPDT 071754 FFSPDT ORZ010-011-WAZ013-072145- BULLETIN SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 950 AM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR UMATILLA...MORROW...WALLOWA...AND UNION COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM... NUMEROUS REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS ACROSS NORTHEAST OREGON. AT 930 AM...THE UMATILLA RESERVATION TRIBAL POLICE REPORTED FLOODING EAST OF PENDLETON ON SQUAW CREEK...BUCKAROO CREEK...MISSION CREEK...AND POSSIBLE FLOODING ON MCKAY CREEK ABOVE THE RESERVOIR. AT 935 AM...RESIDENTS EAST OF MILTON-FREEWATER REPORTED FLOODING ALONG MILL CREEK...AND FLOOD WATERS WERE THREATENING NEARBY HOMES. IF YOU LIVE ALONG A SMALL STREAM...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY IF FLOOD WATERS THREATEN YOUR LOCATION. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH ANY AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. DOHERTY/TOBIN 511 RWUS42 KPDX 071806 FLSPDX ORZ001-002-072300- FLOOD STATEMENT BULLETIN NO. 29 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 1010 AM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN THE OREGON COASTAL RIVER BASINS... ALSEA WILSON SILETZ NEHALEM SIUSLAW NESTUCCA FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF WARNINGS AND FORECASTS FOR THE ABOVE RIVERS... RIVER/STATION CURRENT FLOOD REMARKS NAME STAGE STAGE ALSEA RIVER 22.8 FEET 18.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. AT TIDEWATER CREST NEAR 24.0 FEET LATE TODAY. HOUSE FLOODING LIKELY. WILSON RIVER EST 14.0 FEET 13.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. REMAIN NR TILLAMOOK ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TODAY. SILETZ RIVER 22.4 FEET 16.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. SLOWLY NR SILETZ RECEDE TO NEAR 20.0 FEET BY THIS EVENING. NEHALEM RIVER 20.8 FEET 14.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. REMAIN NR FOSS NEAR 20.0 FEET TODAY. SIUSLAW RIVER 27.0 FEET 18.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. CREST NR MAPLETON NEAR 29.5 FEET LATE AFTERNOON. EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN MAPLETON. LATER THIS MORNING. NESTUCCA RIVER EST 19.5 FEET 18.0 FEET RECEDE TO NEAR FLOOD NR BEAVER STAGE BY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THIS MORNING HAS BEEN OVER THE CENTRAL OREGON COASTAL BASINS OF THE ALSEA AND SIUSLAW RIVERS...CAUSING SHARP RISES ONCE AGAIN ON THESE RIVERS. BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA...EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN MAPLETON AND ALONG HIGHWAYS 126 AND 36 CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE SIUSLAW RIVER. RAINFALL WILL REMAIN MODERATE TO HEAVY OVER ENTIRE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. PEOPLE THREATENED BY THESE AND OTHER UNGAGED COASTAL RIVERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. SCHMIDT 532 WWUS30 KPDT 071811 LSRPDT LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1010 AM PDT WED FEB 7 1996 TIME(PST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 0955 AM DAYTON WA MAJOR FLOODING. PATIT CREEK 02/07/96 COLUMBIA FLOODING DAYTON. FLOODING MUCH WORSE THAN TUESDAY ACCORDING TO COLUMBIA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. DOHERTY 612 RWUS42 KPDX 071826 FLSPDX ORZ010-011-072000- FLOOD STATEMENT BULLETIN NO. 30 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 1030 AM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN EASTERN OREGON... UMATILLA JOHN DAY GRAND RONDE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF WARNINGS AND FORECASTS FOR THE ABOVE RIVERS RIVER/STATION CURRENT FLOOD REMARKS NAME STAGE STAGE N. FK. JOHN DAY 10.9 FEET NONE AVBL. RISE OVER 12 FT THIS NR MONUMENT AT 9 AM AFTERNOON. JOHN DAY 9.6 FEET NONE MINOR FLOODING TONIGHT. AT SERVICE CK. AT 7 AM UMATILLA RIVER 6.6 FEET 7.8 FEET RISE TO FLOOD STAGE AT PENDLETON TONIGHT. GRAND RONDE 9.8 FEET 10.0 FEET WILL REACH FLOOD STAGE AT TROY 930 AM WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR AND CONTINUE TO RISE THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT CONTINUES TO BRING RISING LEVELS IN RIVERS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT NORTHERN OREGON. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN OREGON THROUGH THURSDAY. IN EASTERN OREGON THE FLOOD WARNING ON THE UPPER GRANDE RONDE AT TROY WILL CONTINUE. THE FLOODING MAY SPREAD DOWN RIVER TONIGHT. SOME STREAMS FLOWING FROM THE CASCADES...RIVER LEVELS MAY FLUCTUATE RAPIDLY DUE TO ICE JAMS. SOME FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ON SOME STREAMS IN NORTHEAST OREGON DUE TO ICE JAMS AND A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR UNION...MORROW...UMATILLA AND WALLOWA COUNTIES. SOME FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN STREAMS DRAINING THE NORTH AND CENTRAL CASCADES TODAY. FLOODING SHOULD DEVELOP IN THE JOHN DAY AND UMATILLA BASINS LATER TODAY. 637 RWUS42 KPDX 071838 FLSPDX ORZ001-002-072300- FLOOD STATEMENT BULLETIN NO. 29 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 1010 AM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...RETRANSMITTED... ...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN THE OREGON COASTAL RIVER BASINS... ALSEA WILSON SILETZ NEHALEM SIUSLAW NESTUCCA FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF WARNINGS AND FORECASTS FOR THE ABOVE RIVERS... RIVER/STATION CURRENT FLOOD REMARKS NAME STAGE STAGE ALSEA RIVER 22.8 FEET 18.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. AT TIDEWATER CREST NEAR 24.0 FEET LATE TODAY. HOUSE FLOODING LIKELY. WILSON RIVER EST 14.0 FEET 13.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. REMAIN NR TILLAMOOK ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TODAY. SILETZ RIVER 22.4 FEET 16.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. SLOWLY NR SILETZ RECEDE TO NEAR 20.0 FEET BY THIS EVENING. NEHALEM RIVER 20.8 FEET 14.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. REMAIN NR FOSS NEAR 20.0 FEET TODAY. SIUSLAW RIVER 27.0 FEET 18.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. CREST NR MAPLETON NEAR 29.5 FEET LATE AFTERNOON. EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN MAPLETON. LATER THIS MORNING. NESTUCCA RIVER EST 19.5 FEET 18.0 FEET RECEDE TO NEAR FLOOD NR BEAVER STAGE BY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THIS MORNING HAS BEEN OVER THE CENTRAL OREGON COASTAL BASINS OF THE ALSEA AND SIUSLAW RIVERS...CAUSING SHARP RISES ONCE AGAIN ON THESE RIVERS. BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA...EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN MAPLETON AND ALONG HIGHWAYS 126 AND 36 CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE SIUSLAW RIVER. RAINFALL WILL REMAIN MODERATE TO HEAVY OVER ENTIRE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. PEOPLE THREATENED BY THESE AND OTHER UNGAGED COASTAL RIVERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. SCHMIDT 803 RWUS42 KPDX 071921 FLSPDX ORZ004-080000- FLOOD STATEMENT BULLETIN NO. 31 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 1120 AM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF THE MAINSTEAM WILLAMETTE RIVER WITH SIGNIFICANT FLOODING EXPECTED... ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COLUMBIA RIVER FROM VANCOUVER DOWNSTREAM... ...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING WILLAMETTE TRIBITUARIES IN WESTERN OREGON... MARYS JOHNSON CREEK TUALATIN SOUTH YAMHILL CLACKAMAS SANDY MOLLALA PUDDING LUCKIAMUTE NORTH SANTIAM LITTLE NORTH SANTIAM SANTIAM MOHAWK MCKENZIE VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES THROUGHOUT MUCH OF NORTHWEST OREGON. HEAVY RUNOFF FROM FLOODING WILLAMETTE RIVER TRIBITUARIES IS BEGINNING TO REACH THE MAINSTEM WILLEMETTE. THE WILLAMETTE AT SALEM IS RISING RAPIDLY AND SIGINFICANT FLOODING ALONG THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETE IS LIKELY BY TONIGHT.. FLOOD STAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN REACHED ON THE WILLAMETTE AT PORTLAND. THE WILLAMETTE AT SALEM IS RISING VERY FAST AND WILL REACH FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM THE RISING WATER. FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF WARNINGS AND FORECASTS FOR WESTERN OREGON RIVERS AT 10AM UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED... RIVER/STATION CURRENT FLOOD FORECAST NAME STAGE STAGE *DENOTES MAJOR FLOOD WILLAMETTE 14.9 FT 23.0 FT RISE TO 19 FEET BY 4 AM AT EUGENE AT 6 AM FRIDAY. REMAIN BELOW FLOOD AT EUGENE BUT FLOODING LIKELY NEAR EUGENE. AT HARRISBURG 11.8 FT 13.0 FT *RISE TO FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. CONTINUE RISE TO 17.0 FEET BY 4 AM FRIDAY MORNING. MAJOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. AT CORVALIS 14.0 FT 20.0 FT RISE TO FLOOD STAGE 4 AM THURSDAY. CONTINUE TO RISE TO 25.2 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. AT ALBANY 20.2 FT 25.0 FT *RISE TO FLOOD STAGE AROUND 2 AM THURSDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 31.5 FT 4 AM FRIDAY MORNING. CONTINUING RISING TO 32.0 FT SATURDAY WITH MAJOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. AT SALEM 23.5 FT 28.0 FT *RISE TO FLOOD STAGE BY 6 PM THIS EVENING. CONTINUE RISE TO 30.2 FT BY 4 AM THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING BY 4 AM FRIDAY AT 35.2 FEET. CONTINUE RISE TO 36.5 FT FRIDAY MORNING. OREGON CITY UPPER 12.6 FT 12.7 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO 15.4 FT AROUND 4 AM THURSDAY. RISE TO MAJOR FLOOD AT 17 FEET BY 4 AM FRIDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 18 FEET SATURDAY MORNING. OREGON CITY LOWER 28.8 27.0 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO 37.3 FT BY 4 AM THURSDAY MORNING. RISE TO MAJOR FLOOD STAGE OF 40 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING AND REMAIN ABOVE MAJOR FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. AT PORTLAND 17.4 18.0 FT RISE STEADLY TO 23 FEET AROUND 11 PM WED. CONTINUE TO RISE TO 27.5 FEET 11 PM THURSDAY. POSSIBLE FURTHER RISES. COLUMBIA RIVER 17.2 FT 16.0 FT RISE TO 22 FEET BY 6 AM AT VANCOUVER THRUSDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 23.6 FEET BY 9 AM FRIDAY. AT LONGVIEW 11.0 FT 12.0 FT RISE TO FLOOD STAGE AROUND 3 PM TODAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 16.2 FT BY 6 AM THURSDAY AND 15.9 FT BY 7 AM FRIDAY. MARYS RIVER EST 20.5 20.0 FT REMAIN NEAR 20.5 FEET BY NR PHILOMATH SATURDAY. JOHNSON CREEK 10.9 FT 11.0 FT CREST AT 12.5 FEET 4 AM AT SYCAMORE THURSDAY MORNING. TUALATIN RIVER 18.4 FT 17.0 FT REMAIN NEAR 18.6 FT TRHOUGH NEAR DILLEY SATURDAY. NEAR FARMINGTON 29.3 FT 32.0 FT *RISE TO FLOOD STAGE 2 PM TODAY. RISE TO 34.5 FT FRIDAY. THIS WOULD BE MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. NEAR WEST LINN 10.9 FT 13.5 FT *REACH FLOOD STAGE 8 PM TONIGHT. RISE TO 17 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WOULD BE AT MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. SOUTH YAMHILL RIVER 43.7 FT 38.0 FT *CREST AT 46.5 FT AROUND 10 PM NEAR WHITESON TONIGHT AND REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SAT. THIS WOULD BE MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. CLACKAMAS RIVER 14.5 FT 10.0 FT CREST AT 16.7 AROUND 10 PM. AT ESTACADA MAJOR FLOODING LIKELY DOWNSTREAM. FLOODING MOBILE HOME PARK AT CARVER LIKELY WITH SIGNIFICANT FLOODING NEAR CONFLUENCE OF WILLAMETTE. MOLLALA RIVER EST 13.2 FT 13.0 FT RISE TO NEAR 14.6 FEET NEAR CANBY THURSDAY AT 4 AM. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. PUDDING RIVER EST 22.0 FT 22.0 FT RISE TO 28.3 FEET BY 10 PM NEAR AURORA THURSDAY. REMIAN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. LUCKIAMUTE RIVER 31.2 FT 27.0 FT RISE TO 33 FEET AROUND 4 PM NEAR SUVER TODAY. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. SANTIAM RIVER 17.2 FT 15.0 FT *RISE TO 20.4 FT AROUND 4 AM AT JEFFERSON THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING. MOHAWK RIVER 16.2 FT 15.0 FT *RISE TO 26.0 FT AROUND 4 AM AT SPRINGFIELD MAJOR FLOOD. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. MCKENZIE RIVER 9.0 FT 11.0 FT RISE TO 13.4 FT BY 4 PM AT VIDA AT 7AM THURSDAY. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH FRIDAY. SCHNEIDER/KOSOVITZ/SCHMIDT 843 RWUS32 KPDT 071932 FFSPDT ORZ010-011-WAZ013-072145- BULLETIN SMALL STREAM AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 1130 AM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE WAITSBURG AREA HAS BEEN CHANGED TO A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING... A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 145 PM... IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON ...EASTERN WALLA WALLA AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES...INCLUDING DIXIE...DAYTON AND WAITSBURG. IN NORTHEAST OREGON ...MORROW...UMATILLA...UNION...AND WALLOWA COUNTIES. SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS WIDESPREAD ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS IN BOTH OREGON AND WASHINGTON. ALSO...SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST OREGON. AT 11 AM WALLA WALLA AND COLUMBIA COUNTY OFFICIALS...AS WELL AS SEVERAL SPOTTERS...HAVE REPORTED MAJOR FLOODING IN WAITSBURG AND DAYTON ALONG PATIT CREEK AND THE TOUCHET RIVER. FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN THE DIXIE AREA ALONG DRY CREEK AND EAST OF WALLA WALLA ON MILL CREEK. IN NORTHEAST OREGON AT 11 AM...SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS SMALL STREAMS OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS IN EASTERN UMATILLA COUNTY EAST AND SOUTH OF PENDLETON. RAIN WILL TAPER OFF ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...ALLOWING SMALL STREAMS TO RECEDE...BUT MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. MAIN-STEM RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IF YOU LIVE ALONG A SMALL STREAM...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY IF FLOOD WATERS THREATEN YOUR LOCATION. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH ANY AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. (FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON MAIN-STEM RIVERS...PLEASE REFER TO STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES IN PORTLAND AND SEATTLE.) DOHERTY/TOBIN 327 WRUS1 KPDT 072122 FFWPDT ORC049-059-061-063-WAC013-071-080300- BULLETIN SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 121 PM PST WED FEB 7 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS EXTENDED THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING THROUGH 7 PM PST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST OREGON ...MORROW COUNTY...UMATILLA COUNTY...UNION COUNTY ...WALLOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON ...COLUMBIA COUNTY...EASTERN WALLA WALLA COUNTY WIDESPREAD FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG SMALL STREAMS ACROSS NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. AT 12:15 PM...UMATILLA COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED MAJOR FLOODING ON MILL CREEK EAST OF MILTON-FREEWATER. NATIONAL GUARD HELICOPTERS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE TO RESCUE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN STRANDED IN THE AREA. EAST OF PENDLETON...ALL SMALL STREAMS LEADING INTO THE UMATILLA RIVER WERE FLOODING...AND THE EASTERN PART OF THORNHOLLOW ROAD WAS CLOSED. MAJOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN WAITSBURG WHERE A LEVEE ALONG THE TOUCHET RIVER BROKE EARLY THIS MORNING. IN COLUMBIA COUNTY...PATIT CREEK AND THE NORTH FORK OF THE TOUCHET RIVER HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS FLOODING IN DAYTON. AT 110 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN ALONG THE WASHINGTON/OREGON BORDER MOVING THROUGH WALLA WALLA AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES. RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THESE FLOODED AREAS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. DOHERTY & 757 WWUS45 KPDX 072239 NPWPDX ORZ001>003-080300- HIGH WIND WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 300 PM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...CANCEL HIGH WIND WARNING OREGON COAST... GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE ALONG THE OREGON COAST...BUT STRONGEST WINDS APPEAR TO BE STRICTLY NEAR THE HEADLANDS AND THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS TERMINATED. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INLAND LATE THURSDAY AND WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN DIMINISHING. STARMER 789 WRUS2 KPDX 072244 FLWPDX ORZ004-080000- BULLETIN -- IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING BULLETIN NO. 32 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 240 PM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR LOWER DESCHUTES RIVER IN WASCO AND SHERMAN COUNTIES AND THE JOHN DAY RIVER ABOVE SERVICE CREEK IN WHEELER AND GRANT COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE DESCHUTES RIVER IN WASCO AND SHERMAN COUNTIES. THE STAGE AT THE MOODY GAUGE WAS 8.2 FEET AT 1 PM...JUST ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE OF 8.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE TO 9.5 FEET AT MOODY BY THURSDAY EVENING. A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE JOHN DAY RIVER HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO INCLUDE THE MAIN FORK AND THE NORTH FORK WATERS UPSTREAM FROM SERVICE CREEK. AT 2 PM THE STAGE AT JOHN DAY WAS 7.1 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE TO THE FLOOD STAGE OF 8 FEET AROUND 10 PM TONIGHT. THE RIVER WILL RISE FURTHER TO AROUND 8.5 FEET THURSDAY MORNING. THE JOHN DAY RIVER AT SERVICE CREEK WAS AT A STAGE 10.6 FEET AT 1 PM. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE TO THE ADVISORY STAGE OF 11.5 FEET AROUND 4 PM TODAY AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO 15.5 FEET BY THURSDAY NIGHT. THOSE LIVING NEAR THESE RIVERS SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM THE RISING RIVER. SCHNEIDER 826 RWUS42 KPDX 072250 FLSPDX ORZ010-011-080600- FLOOD STATEMENT BULLETIN NO. 33 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 230 PM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN EASTERN OREGON... UMATILLA DESCHUTES JOHN DAY GRAND RONDE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF WARNINGS AND FORECASTS FOR THE ABOVE RIVERS RIVER/STATION CURRENT FLOOD REMARKS NAME STAGE STAGE N. FK. JOHN DAY 11.7 FEET NONE AVBL. RISE OVER 12 FT THIS NR MONUMENT AT 1 PM AFTERNOON. JOHN DAY 10.6 FEET NONE WILL RISE 11.5 FEET BY AT SERVICE CK. AT 1 PM 4 PM TODAY AND RISE TO 15.5 FEET BY 10 PM THURSDAY. JOHN DAY 7.1 FEET 8.0 FEET WILL RISE TO FLOOD STAGE AT JONH DAY AT 2 PM AROUND 10 PM TONIGHT AND WILL RISE TO 8.5 FEET AT 4 AM THURSDAY. UMATILLA RIVER 8.1 FEET 7.8 FEET WILL RISE TO 11.5 FEET AT PENDLETON BY 4 AM THURSDAY. GRAND RONDE 11.5 FEET 10.0 FEET WILL RISE TO 13.0 FEET AT TROY 200 PM AROUND NOON THURSDAY. DESCHUTES 8.4 FEET 8.0 FEET WILL RISE TO NEAR 9.5 AT MOODY 115 PM FEET AT 10 PM THURSDAY. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT CONTINUES TO BRING RISING LEVELS IN RIVERS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT NORTHERN OREGON. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN OREGON THROUGH THURSDAY. IN EASTERN OREGON THE FLOOD WARNING ON THE UPPER GRANDE RONDE AT TROY WILL CONTINUE. THE FLOODING MAY SPREAD DOWN RIVER OVERNIGHT. SOME STREAMS FLOWING FROM THE CASCADES...RIVER LEVELS MAY FLUCTUATE RAPIDLY DUE TO ICE JAMS. SOME FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ON SOME STREAMS IN NORTHEAST OREGON DUE TO ICE JAMS AND A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR UNION...MORROW...UMATILLA AND WALLOWA COUNTIES. SOME FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN STREAMS DRAINING THE NORTH AND CENTRAL CASCADES TODAY. THE DESCHUTES RIVER AT MOODY HAS GONE OVER THE ADVISORY STAGE AT 8 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. FLOODING SHOULD DEVELOP IN THE JOHN DAY AND UMATILLA BASINS LATER TONIGHT. 954 RWUS42 KPDX 072307 COR FLSPDX ORZ010-011-080600- FLOOD STATEMENT BULLETIN NO. 33 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 300 PM PST WED FEB 7 1996...CORRECTED FOR PENDLETON STAGE ...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN EASTERN OREGON... UMATILLA DESCHUTES JOHN DAY GRAND RONDE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF WARNINGS AND FORECASTS FOR THE ABOVE RIVERS RIVER/STATION CURRENT FLOOD REMARKS NAME STAGE STAGE N. FK. JOHN DAY 11.7 FEET NONE AVBL. RISE OVER 12 FT THIS NR MONUMENT AT 1 PM AFTERNOON. JOHN DAY 10.6 FEET NONE WILL RISE 11.5 FEET BY AT SERVICE CK. AT 1 PM 4 PM TODAY AND RISE TO 15.5 FEET BY 10 PM THURSDAY. JOHN DAY 7.1 FEET 8.0 FEET WILL RISE TO FLOOD STAGE AT JONH DAY AT 2 PM AROUND 10 PM TONIGHT AND WILL RISE TO 8.5 FEET AT 4 AM THURSDAY. UMATILLA RIVER 8.1 FEET 7.8 FEET WILL RISE TO 10.1 FEET AT PENDLETON BY 4 AM THURSDAY. GRAND RONDE 11.5 FEET 10.0 FEET WILL RISE TO 13.0 FEET AT TROY 200 PM AROUND NOON THURSDAY. DESCHUTES 8.4 FEET 8.0 FEET WILL RISE TO NEAR 9.5 AT MOODY 115 PM FEET AT 10 PM THURSDAY. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT CONTINUES TO BRING RISING LEVELS IN RIVERS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT NORTHERN OREGON. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN OREGON THROUGH THURSDAY. IN EASTERN OREGON THE FLOOD WARNING ON THE UPPER GRANDE RONDE AT TROY WILL CONTINUE. THE FLOODING MAY SPREAD DOWN RIVER OVERNIGHT. SOME STREAMS FLOWING FROM THE CASCADES...RIVER LEVELS MAY FLUCTUATE RAPIDLY DUE TO ICE JAMS. SOME FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ON SOME STREAMS IN NORTHEAST OREGON DUE TO ICE JAMS AND A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR UNION...MORROW...UMATILLA AND WALLOWA COUNTIES. SOME FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN STREAMS DRAINING THE NORTH AND CENTRAL CASCADES TODAY. THE DESCHUTES RIVER AT MOODY HAS GONE OVER THE ADVISORY STAGE AT 8 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. FLOODING SHOULD DEVELOP IN THE JOHN DAY AND UMATILLA BASINS LATER TONIGHT. 022 RWUS42 KPDX 072316 FLSPDX ORZ001-002-080200- FLOOD STATEMENT BULLETIN NO. 34 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 315 PM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN THE OREGON COASTAL RIVER BASINS... ALSEA WILSON SILETZ NEHALEM SIUSLAW NESTUCCA FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF WARNINGS AND FORECASTS FOR THE ABOVE RIVERS... RIVER/STATION CURRENT FLOOD FORECAST NAME STAGE STAGE ALSEA RIVER 23.9 FEET 18.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. AT TIDEWATER CREST NEAR 24.0 FEET LATE TODAY. HOUSE FLOODING LIKELY. WILSON RIVER EST 13.4 FEET 13.0 FEET REMAIN NEAR FLOOD STAGE NR TILLAMOOK THROUGH THURSDAY. SILETZ RIVER 22.6 FEET 16.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. SLOWLY NR SILETZ RECEDE TO NEAR 20.0 FEET BY THIS EVENING. NEHALEM RIVER 20.8 FEET 14.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. REMAIN NR FOSS NEAR 20.0 FEET THROUGH THURSDAY. SIUSLAW RIVER NOT AVBL 18.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. CREST NR MAPLETON NEAR 30.2 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON. EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN MAPLETON. LATER THIS MORNING. NESTUCCA RIVER NOT AVBL 18.0 FEET RECEDE TO NEAR FLOOD NR BEAVER STAGE BY THIS EVENING. BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA...EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN MAPLETON AND ALONG HIGHWAYS 126 AND 36 CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE SIUSLAW RIVER. RAINFALL WILL REMAIN MODERATE TO HEAVY OVER ENTIRE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. PEOPLE THREATENED BY THESE AND OTHER UNGAGED COASTAL RIVERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. SCHNEIDER 097 RWUS42 KPDX 072342 COR FLSPDX ORZ001-002-080200- FLOOD STATEMENT BULLETIN NO. 34 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 340 PM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...CORRECTED... ...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN THE OREGON COASTAL RIVER BASINS... ALSEA WILSON SILETZ NEHALEM SIUSLAW NESTUCCA FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF WARNINGS AND FORECASTS FOR THE ABOVE RIVERS... RIVER/STATION CURRENT FLOOD FORECAST NAME STAGE STAGE ALSEA RIVER 23.9 FEET 18.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. AT TIDEWATER CREST NEAR 24.0 FEET LATE TODAY. HOUSE FLOODING LIKELY. WILSON RIVER EST 13.4 FEET 13.0 FEET REMAIN NEAR FLOOD STAGE NR TILLAMOOK THROUGH THURSDAY. SILETZ RIVER 22.6 FEET 16.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. SLOWLY NR SILETZ RECEDE TO NEAR 20.0 FEET BY THIS EVENING. NEHALEM RIVER 20.8 FEET 14.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. REMAIN NR FOSS NEAR 20.0 FEET THROUGH THURSDAY. SIUSLAW RIVER NOT AVBL 18.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. CREST NR MAPLETON NEAR 30.2 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON. EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN MAPLETON. NESTUCCA RIVER NOT AVBL 18.0 FEET RECEDE TO NEAR FLOOD NR BEAVER STAGE BY THIS EVENING. BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA...EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN MAPLETON AND ALONG HIGHWAYS 126 AND 36 CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE SIUSLAW RIVER. RAINFALL WILL REMAIN MODERATE TO HEAVY OVER ENTIRE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. PEOPLE THREATENED BY THESE AND OTHER UNGAGED COASTAL RIVERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. SCHNEIDER 288 WWUS30 KPDX 080012 LSRPDX STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND, OR 409 PM PST WED FEB 07 1996 TIME (LST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 1609 PM NEAR GRANDE RONDE OR HWY 18 4 MI W OF SPIRIT 02/07/96 NW POLK MTNS CASINO- ROAD DROPPED 6-8 INCHES. SOURCE: NWS EMPLOYEE 402 WRUS1 KPDT 080035 FFWPDT ORC023-049-059-061-063-WAC039-077-013-071-081200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 435 PM PST WED FEB 7 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 4 AM PST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST OREGON ...NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY...MORROW COUNTY...UMATILLA COUNTY ...UNION COUNTY...WALLOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON ...KLICKITAT COUNTY...YAKIMA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON ...COLUMBIA COUNTY...WALLA WALLA COUNTY MAJOR FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG SMALL STREAMS ACROSS NORTHEAST OREGON...SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON...AND ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. MAJOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN YAKIMA AND KLICKITAT COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT. NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED WITH REPORTS OF WATER RUNNING OVER BRIDGES. AT 345 PM...UMATILLA COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED MAJOR FLOODING ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUES. MILL CREEK ROAD WAS CLOSED LEAVING SIX PEOPLE STRANDED IN THEIR HOMES. THORNHOLLOW ROAD EAST OF PENDLETON WAS ALSO CLOSED. AT 330 PM...UNION COUNTY OFFICIALS RERPORTED SERIOUS FLOODING PROBLEMS DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. IF YOU LIVE NEAR ANY STREAM OR RIVER ACROSS NORTHEAST OREGON... SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON...AND THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH ANY AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. DOHERTY & 445 RWUS42 KPDX 080045 FLSPDX ORZ004-080000- FLOOD STATEMENT BULLETIN NO. 35 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 445 PM AM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE RIVER. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS LIKELY... ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COLUMBIA RIVER FROM VANCOUVER DOWNSTREAM... ...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING WILLAMETTE TRIBUTARIES IN WESTERN OREGON... MARYS JOHNSON CREEK TUALATIN SOUTH YAMHILL CLACKAMAS SANDY MOLLALA PUDDING LUCKIAMUTE NORTH SANTIAM LITTLE NORTH SANTIAM SANTIAM MOHAWK MCKENZIE VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES THROUGHOUT MUCH OF NORTHWEST OREGON. HEAVY RUNOFF FROM FLOODING WILLAMETTE RIVER TRIBUTARIES HAS REACHED THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE IS LIKELY BY TONIGHT. THE FORECAST ISSUED AT 1120 AM IS LOOKING GOOD FOR MOST OF THE WILLAMETTE AND TRIBUTARY FORECAST POINTS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FOLLOWING TWO RIVERS. AN UPDATED FORECAST FOR THE CLACKAMAS AND SANTIAM RIVERS FOLLOWS. THE SANTIAM IS EXPECTED TO REACH NEAR RECORD FLOOD LEVELS AT JEFFERSON. FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF UPDATED FORECASTS FOR WESTERN OREGON RIVERS AT 4 PM UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED... RIVER/STATION CURRENT FLOOD FORECAST NAME STAGE STAGE *DENOTES MAJOR FLOOD CLACKAMAS RIVER 16.6 FT 10.0 FT CREST AT 17.5 AROUND 7 PM. AT ESTACADA MAJOR FLOODING LIKELY DOWNSTREAM. FLOODING MOBILE HOME PARK AT CARVER LIKELY WITH SIGNIFICANT FLOODING NEAR CONFLUENCE OF WILLAMETTE. SANTIAM RIVER 22.2 FT 24.5 FT *CREST AT 24.0 FT AROUND 4 AM AT JEFFERSON THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING. NEAR RECORD FLOOD LEVEL. A COMPREHENSIVE FORECAST FOR ALL WARNING POINTS WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 630 PM. SCHNEIDER 472 RWUS42 KPDX 080051 COR FLSPDX ORZ004-080000- FLOOD STATEMENT BULLETIN NO. 35 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 455 PM AM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...CORRECTED JEFFERSON FLOOD STAGE ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE RIVER. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS LIKELY... ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COLUMBIA RIVER FROM VANCOUVER DOWNSTREAM... ...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING WILLAMETTE TRIBUTARIES IN WESTERN OREGON... MARYS JOHNSON CREEK TUALATIN SOUTH YAMHILL CLACKAMAS SANDY MOLLALA PUDDING LUCKIAMUTE NORTH SANTIAM LITTLE NORTH SANTIAM SANTIAM MOHAWK MCKENZIE VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES THROUGHOUT MUCH OF NORTHWEST OREGON. HEAVY RUNOFF FROM FLOODING WILLAMETTE RIVER TRIBUTARIES HAS REACHED THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE IS LIKELY BY TONIGHT. THE FORECAST ISSUED AT 1120 AM IS LOOKING GOOD FOR MOST OF THE WILLAMETTE AND TRIBUTARY FORECAST POINTS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FOLLOWING TWO RIVERS. AN UPDATED FORECAST FOR THE CLACKAMAS AND SANTIAM RIVERS FOLLOWS. THE SANTIAM IS EXPECTED TO REACH NEAR RECORD FLOOD LEVELS AT JEFFERSON. FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF UPDATED FORECASTS FOR WESTERN OREGON RIVERS AT 4 PM UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED... RIVER/STATION CURRENT FLOOD FORECAST NAME STAGE STAGE *DENOTES MAJOR FLOOD CLACKAMAS RIVER 16.6 FT 10.0 FT CREST AT 17.5 AROUND 7 PM. AT ESTACADA MAJOR FLOODING LIKELY DOWNSTREAM. FLOODING MOBILE HOME PARK AT CARVER LIKELY WITH SIGNIFICANT FLOODING NEAR CONFLUENCE OF WILLAMETTE. SANTIAM RIVER 22.2 FT 15.0 FT *CREST AT 24.0 FT AROUND 4 AM AT JEFFERSON THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING. NEAR RECORD FLOOD LEVEL. A COMPREHENSIVE FORECAST FOR ALL WARNING POINTS WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 630 PM. SCHNEIDER 724 RWUS42 KPDX 080147 FLSPDX ORZ001-002-081200- FLOOD STATEMENT BULLETIN NO. 36 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 545 PM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN THE OREGON COASTAL RIVER BASINS... ALSEA WILSON SILETZ NEHALEM SIUSLAW NESTUCCA FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF WARNINGS AND FORECASTS FOR THE ABOVE RIVERS... HEAVY RAIN RETURNED TO THESE BASINS DURING THE PAST 6 HOURS AND RISES ARE AGAIN OCCURRING ON MANY OF THE RIVERS. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. MANY COASTAL RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED THE DECEMBER 1964 FLOOD LEVELS. RIVER/STATION CURRENT FLOOD FORECAST NAME STAGE STAGE ALSEA RIVER 23.7 FEET 18.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. AT TIDEWATER RISE TO 27.5 FEET BY 4 PM THURSDAY. HOUSE FLOODING LIKELY. WILL EXCEED DEC. 1964 FLOOD. WILSON RIVER EST 14.3 FEET 13.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOOD. RISE TO 16 NR TILLAMOOK FEET AROUND 4 AM THURSDAY. SILETZ RIVER 23.1 FEET 16.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. RISE TO NR SILETZ 28.0 FEET AROUND 10 AM THURSDAY. EXCEEDS DEC. 1964 LEVELS. NEHALEM RIVER 21.1 FEET 14.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. RISE TO NR FOSS 24.0 AT 1 PM THURSDAY EXCEEDS DEC. 1964 LEVELS. SIUSLAW RIVER NOT AVBL 18.0 FEET *MAJOR FLOODING. RISE TO NR MAPLETON NEAR 29.0 FEET NEAR MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WILL BE NEAR FLOOD OF RECORD. NESTUCCA RIVER NOT AVBL 18.0 FEET WILL RISE TO NEAR 19.0 NR BEAVER FEET AROUND NOON ON THURSDAY. LARGE AREAS OF DAIRYLAND FLOODING FROM BEAVER TO PACIFIC CITY EXPECTED. PEOPLE THREATENED BY THESE AND OTHER UNGAGED COASTAL RIVERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. SCHNEIDER/TOLLESON 262 RWUS42 KPDX 080337 FLSPDX ORZ004-080000- FLOOD STATEMENT BULLETIN NO. 37 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 730 PM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE RIVER... ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COLUMBIA RIVER FROM VANCOUVER DOWNSTREAM... ...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING WILLAMETTE TRIBUTARIES IN WESTERN OREGON... MARYS JOHNSON CREEK TUALATIN SOUTH YAMHILL CLACKAMAS SANDY MOLLALA PUDDING LUCKIAMUTE NORTH SANTIAM LITTLE NORTH SANTIAM SANTIAM MOHAWK MCKENZIE THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN OREGON HAS SHIFTED INTO THE NORTH PORTIONS INCLUDING ALL OF THE WILLAMETTE RIVER BASIN. RAINFALL DURING THE PERIOD FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM RANGED FROM 1/2 INCH IN THE SOUTHERN WILLAMETTE VALLEY TO AROUND 2 INCHES IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS. SNOWMELT AND HEAVY RUNOFF CONTINUES OVER THE ENTIRE RIVER BASIN. FLOODING WILLAMETTE RIVER TRIBUTARIES ARE NOW CONTRIBUTING TO INCREASING MAINSTEM FLOWS ESPECIALLY IN THE UPPER REACHES IN THE SOUTHERN END OF THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE IS LIKELY. PEOPLE AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM THE RISING WATER. FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF WARNINGS AND FORECASTS FOR WESTERN OREGON RIVERS AT 7 PM UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED... RIVER/STATION CURRENT FLOOD FORECAST NAME STAGE STAGE *DENOTES MAJOR FLOOD #DENOTES RECORD FLOOD WILLAMETTE 14.4 FT 23.0 FT RISE TO 20 SATURDAY MORNING AT EUGENE AT 3 PM REMAIN BELOW FLOOD AT EUGENE BUT FLOODING LIKELY NEAR EUGENE. AT HARRISBURG 13.8 FT 13.0 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO FLOOD STAGE AT 4 AM THURSDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 18.5 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING. MAJOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. AT CORVALLIS 14.0 FT 20.0 FT RISE TO FLOOD STAGE 5 AM THURSDAY. CONTINUE TO RISE TO 24 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. RISE TO 26 FEET SATURDAY. AT ALBANY 22.5 FT 25.0 FT *RISE TO FLOOD STAGE AROUND 2 AM THURSDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 30.8 FT 4 AM FRIDAY MORNING. CONTINUE RISING TO 32.7 FT SATURDAY WITH MAJOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. AT SALEM 26.7 FT 28.0 FT *RISE TO FLOOD STAGE BY 1 AM THURSDAY EVENING. CONTINUE RISE TO 33.1 FT BY 4 AM THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING BY 8 AM FRIDAY AT 35. FT CONTINUE RISE TO 39.0 FT SATURDAY MORNING. OREGON CITY UPPER 14.0 FT 12.7 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO 15.8 FT AROUND 4 AM THURSDAY. RISE TO MAJOR FLOOD AT 17 FEET BY 1 AM FRIDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 19.5 FEET SATURDAY MORNING. OREGON CITY LOWER 32.7 FT 27.0 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO 39.5 FT BY 4 AM THURSDAY MORNING. MAJOR FLOOD STAGE OF 40 FT. RISE TO 44 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. AT PORTLAND 20.1 FT 18.0 FT WILL BE UPDATED LATER COLUMBIA RIVER 19.4 FT 16.0 FT WILL BE UPDATED LATER AT VANCOUVER AT LONGVIEW 13.3 FT 12.0 FT WILL BE UPDATED LATER MARYS RIVER NOT AVBL 20.0 FT #RISE TO 21 FEET BY 8 PM NR PHILOMATH THURSDAY. RECORD FLOOD LEVEL. EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN PHILOMATH AND SOUTH PART OF COUNTY. JOHNSON CREEK 13.5 FT 11.0 FT #RISE RAPIDLY. CREST AT 14.5 AT SYCAMORE FT AROUND 8 AM THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING LIKELY IN SE PORTLAND. 14.5 FT IS THE RECORD FLOOD LEVEL. EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LIKELY. TUALATIN RIVER 18.3 FT 17.0 FT REMAIN BETWEEN 18.0 AND 19.0 NEAR DILLEY FT THROUGH THURSDAY. NEAR FARMINGTON 32.5 FT 32.0 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO 35 FT BY SUNDAY AND STILL RISING. MAJOR FLOODING EXPECTED. SEVERAL ROADS LIKELY CLOSED INCLUDING HIGHWAY 10. SOME HOMES LIKELY FLOODED. NEAR WEST LINN 11.7 FT 13.5 FT *REACH FLOOD STAGE 10 PM TONIGHT. RISE TO 17.5 FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING AND STILL RISING. THIS WILL BE A MAJOR FLOOD. EXCEEDS 1964 FLOOD LEVELS. POSSIBLE HOMES FLOODED ALONG RIVER SOUTH YAMHILL RIVER 46.0 FT 38.0 FT *CREST AT 46.5 FT AROUND 9 PM NEAR WHITESON TONIGHT AND REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SAT. THIS WILL BE MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. EXTENSIVE FLOODING SOME STRUCTURES SOUTH OF MCMINNVILLE THREATENED. CLACKAMAS RIVER 16.9 FT 10.0 FT *CREST AT 18.0 FT AROUND NOON AT ESTACADA THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING LIKELY DOWNSTREAM. EXTENSIVE FLOODING LIKELY ESPECIALLY BELOW CARVER. MAJOR SHOPPING CENTER NEAR CONFLUENCE OF WILLAMETTE LIKELY FLOODED. MAJOR BANK EROSION LIKELY. MOLLALA RIVER EST 14.6 FT 13.0 FT #CREST NEAR 17.5 FEET NEAR CANBY 1 PM THURSDAY. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. 1 FT ABOVE RECORD FLOOD. MASSIVE FLOODING OF LOWLAND AREAS WITH CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL RIVERS. PUDDING RIVER EST 27.4 FT 22.0 FT RISE TO 31.0 FEET SATURDAY NEAR AURORA MORNING. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. MASSIVE FLOODING OF SECONDARY ROADS...HOMES AND FARMLAND FROM AURORA TO CANBY LIKELY. 99E TO MOLALLA RIVER LIKELY FLOODED. LUCKIAMUTE RIVER 32.9 FT 27.0 FT CREST AT 33.5 FEET FRIDAY NEAR SUVER NIGHT. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. SANTIAM RIVER 23.0 FT 15.0 FT *RISE TO 23.5 FT AROUND 1 AM AT JEFFERSON THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING. REMAIN NEAR 22 FEET FRIDAY. S. SANTIAM 13.0 FT 12.0 FT CREST AT 23.5 FT SATURDAY AT WATERLOO MORNING. N. SANTIAM 12.9 FT 11.0 FT FALLING BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT MEHAMA THURSDAY MORNING. MOHAWK RIVER 21.8 FT 15.0 FT *RISE TO 21.6 FT AROUND 4 AM AT SPRINGFIELD THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOOD. CREST AT 25.5 FT SATURDAY MORNING. MCKENZIE RIVER 9.5 FT 11.0 FT RISE TO FLOOD STAGE 1 AM NEAR VIDA FRIDAY. CREST AROUND 12 FEET THURSDAY EVENING. SCHNEIDER 266 RWUS42 KPDX 080338 FLSPDX ORZ004-081200- FLOOD STATEMENT BULLETIN NO. 37 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 730 PM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE RIVER... ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COLUMBIA RIVER FROM VANCOUVER DOWNSTREAM... ...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING WILLAMETTE TRIBUTARIES IN WESTERN OREGON... MARYS JOHNSON CREEK TUALATIN SOUTH YAMHILL CLACKAMAS SANDY MOLLALA PUDDING LUCKIAMUTE NORTH SANTIAM LITTLE NORTH SANTIAM SANTIAM MOHAWK MCKENZIE THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN OREGON HAS SHIFTED INTO THE NORTH PORTIONS INCLUDING ALL OF THE WILLAMETTE RIVER BASIN. RAINFALL DURING THE PERIOD FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM RANGED FROM 1/2 INCH IN THE SOUTHERN WILLAMETTE VALLEY TO AROUND 2 INCHES IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS. SNOWMELT AND HEAVY RUNOFF CONTINUES OVER THE ENTIRE RIVER BASIN. FLOODING WILLAMETTE RIVER TRIBUTARIES ARE NOW CONTRIBUTING TO INCREASING MAINSTEM FLOWS ESPECIALLY IN THE UPPER REACHES IN THE SOUTHERN END OF THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE IS LIKELY. PEOPLE AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM THE RISING WATER. FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF WARNINGS AND FORECASTS FOR WESTERN OREGON RIVERS AT 7 PM UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED... RIVER/STATION CURRENT FLOOD FORECAST NAME STAGE STAGE *DENOTES MAJOR FLOOD #DENOTES RECORD FLOOD WILLAMETTE 14.4 FT 23.0 FT RISE TO 20 SATURDAY MORNING AT EUGENE AT 3 PM REMAIN BELOW FLOOD AT EUGENE BUT FLOODING LIKELY NEAR EUGENE. AT HARRISBURG 13.8 FT 13.0 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO FLOOD STAGE AT 4 AM THURSDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 18.5 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING. MAJOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. AT CORVALLIS 14.0 FT 20.0 FT RISE TO FLOOD STAGE 5 AM THURSDAY. CONTINUE TO RISE TO 24 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. RISE TO 26 FEET SATURDAY. AT ALBANY 22.5 FT 25.0 FT *RISE TO FLOOD STAGE AROUND 2 AM THURSDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 30.8 FT 4 AM FRIDAY MORNING. CONTINUE RISING TO 32.7 FT SATURDAY WITH MAJOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. AT SALEM 26.7 FT 28.0 FT *RISE TO FLOOD STAGE BY 1 AM THURSDAY EVENING. CONTINUE RISE TO 33.1 FT BY 4 AM THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING BY 8 AM FRIDAY AT 35. FT CONTINUE RISE TO 39.0 FT SATURDAY MORNING. OREGON CITY UPPER 14.0 FT 12.7 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO 15.8 FT AROUND 4 AM THURSDAY. RISE TO MAJOR FLOOD AT 17 FEET BY 1 AM FRIDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 19.5 FEET SATURDAY MORNING. OREGON CITY LOWER 32.7 FT 27.0 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO 39.5 FT BY 4 AM THURSDAY MORNING. MAJOR FLOOD STAGE OF 40 FT. RISE TO 44 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. AT PORTLAND 20.1 FT 18.0 FT WILL BE UPDATED LATER COLUMBIA RIVER 19.4 FT 16.0 FT WILL BE UPDATED LATER AT VANCOUVER AT LONGVIEW 13.3 FT 12.0 FT WILL BE UPDATED LATER MARYS RIVER NOT AVBL 20.0 FT #RISE TO 21 FEET BY 8 PM NR PHILOMATH THURSDAY. RECORD FLOOD LEVEL. EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN PHILOMATH AND SOUTH PART OF COUNTY. JOHNSON CREEK 13.5 FT 11.0 FT #RISE RAPIDLY. CREST AT 14.5 AT SYCAMORE FT AROUND 8 AM THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING LIKELY IN SE PORTLAND. 14.5 FT IS THE RECORD FLOOD LEVEL. EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LIKELY. TUALATIN RIVER 18.3 FT 17.0 FT REMAIN BETWEEN 18.0 AND 19.0 NEAR DILLEY FT THROUGH THURSDAY. NEAR FARMINGTON 32.5 FT 32.0 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO 35 FT BY SUNDAY AND STILL RISING. MAJOR FLOODING EXPECTED. SEVERAL ROADS LIKELY CLOSED INCLUDING HIGHWAY 10. SOME HOMES LIKELY FLOODED. NEAR WEST LINN 11.7 FT 13.5 FT *REACH FLOOD STAGE 10 PM TONIGHT. RISE TO 17.5 FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING AND STILL RISING. THIS WILL BE A MAJOR FLOOD. EXCEEDS 1964 FLOOD LEVELS. POSSIBLE HOMES FLOODED ALONG RIVER SOUTH YAMHILL RIVER 46.0 FT 38.0 FT *CREST AT 46.5 FT AROUND 9 PM NEAR WHITESON TONIGHT AND REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SAT. THIS WILL BE MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. EXTENSIVE FLOODING SOME STRUCTURES SOUTH OF MCMINNVILLE THREATENED. CLACKAMAS RIVER 16.9 FT 10.0 FT *CREST AT 18.0 FT AROUND NOON AT ESTACADA THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING LIKELY DOWNSTREAM. EXTENSIVE FLOODING LIKELY ESPECIALLY BELOW CARVER. MAJOR SHOPPING CENTER NEAR CONFLUENCE OF WILLAMETTE LIKELY FLOODED. MAJOR BANK EROSION LIKELY. MOLLALA RIVER EST 14.6 FT 13.0 FT #CREST NEAR 17.5 FEET NEAR CANBY 1 PM THURSDAY. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. 1 FT ABOVE RECORD FLOOD. MASSIVE FLOODING OF LOWLAND AREAS WITH CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL RIVERS. PUDDING RIVER EST 27.4 FT 22.0 FT RISE TO 31.0 FEET SATURDAY NEAR AURORA MORNING. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. MASSIVE FLOODING OF SECONDARY ROADS...HOMES AND FARMLAND FROM AURORA TO CANBY LIKELY. 99E TO MOLALLA RIVER LIKELY FLOODED. LUCKIAMUTE RIVER 32.9 FT 27.0 FT CREST AT 33.5 FEET FRIDAY NEAR SUVER NIGHT. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. SANTIAM RIVER 23.0 FT 15.0 FT *RISE TO 23.5 FT AROUND 1 AM AT JEFFERSON THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING. REMAIN NEAR 22 FEET FRIDAY. S. SANTIAM 13.0 FT 12.0 FT CREST AT 23.5 FT SATURDAY AT WATERLOO MORNING. N. SANTIAM 12.9 FT 11.0 FT FALLING BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT MEHAMA THURSDAY MORNING. MOHAWK RIVER 21.8 FT 15.0 FT *RISE TO 21.6 FT AROUND 4 AM AT SPRINGFIELD THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOOD. CREST AT 25.5 FT SATURDAY MORNING. MCKENZIE RIVER 9.5 FT 11.0 FT RISE TO FLOOD STAGE 1 AM NEAR VIDA FRIDAY. CREST AROUND 12 FEET THURSDAY EVENING. SCHNEIDER 280 RWUS42 KPDX 080337 FLSPDX ORZ004-080000- FLOOD STATEMENT BULLETIN NO. 37 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 730 PM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE RIVER... ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COLUMBIA RIVER FROM VANCOUVER DOWNSTREAM... ...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING WILLAMETTE TRIBUTARIES IN WESTERN OREGON... MARYS JOHNSON CREEK TUALATIN SOUTH YAMHILL CLACKAMAS SANDY MOLLALA PUDDING LUCKIAMUTE NORTH SANTIAM LITTLE NORTH SANTIAM SANTIAM MOHAWK MCKENZIE THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN OREGON HAS SHIFTED INTO THE NORTH PORTIONS INCLUDING ALL OF THE WILLAMETTE RIVER BASIN. RAINFALL DURING THE PERIOD FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM RANGED FROM 1/2 INCH IN THE SOUTHERN WILLAMETTE VALLEY TO AROUND 2 INCHES IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS. SNOWMELT AND HEAVY RUNOFF CONTINUES OVER THE ENTIRE RIVER BASIN. FLOODING WILLAMETTE RIVER TRIBUTARIES ARE NOW CONTRIBUTING TO INCREASING MAINSTEM FLOWS ESPECIALLY IN THE UPPER REACHES IN THE SOUTHERN END OF THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE IS LIKELY. PEOPLE AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM THE RISING WATER. FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF WARNINGS AND FORECASTS FOR WESTERN OREGON RIVERS AT 7 PM UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED... RIVER/STATION CURRENT FLOOD FORECAST NAME STAGE STAGE *DENOTES MAJOR FLOOD #DENOTES RECORD FLOOD WILLAMETTE 14.4 FT 23.0 FT RISE TO 20 SATURDAY MORNING AT EUGENE AT 3 PM REMAIN BELOW FLOOD AT EUGENE BUT FLOODING LIKELY NEAR EUGENE. AT HARRISBURG 13.8 FT 13.0 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO FLOOD STAGE AT 4 AM THURSDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 18.5 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING. MAJOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. AT CORVALLIS 14.0 FT 20.0 FT RISE TO FLOOD STAGE 5 AM THURSDAY. CONTINUE TO RISE TO 24 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. RISE TO 26 FEET SATURDAY. AT ALBANY 22.5 FT 25.0 FT *RISE TO FLOOD STAGE AROUND 2 AM THURSDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 30.8 FT 4 AM FRIDAY MORNING. CONTINUE RISING TO 32.7 FT SATURDAY WITH MAJOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. AT SALEM 26.7 FT 28.0 FT *RISE TO FLOOD STAGE BY 1 AM THURSDAY EVENING. CONTINUE RISE TO 33.1 FT BY 4 AM THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING BY 8 AM FRIDAY AT 35. FT CONTINUE RISE TO 39.0 FT SATURDAY MORNING. OREGON CITY UPPER 14.0 FT 12.7 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO 15.8 FT AROUND 4 AM THURSDAY. RISE TO MAJOR FLOOD AT 17 FEET BY 1 AM FRIDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 19.5 FEET SATURDAY MORNING. OREGON CITY LOWER 32.7 FT 27.0 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO 39.5 FT BY 4 AM THURSDAY MORNING. MAJOR FLOOD STAGE OF 40 FT. RISE TO 44 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. AT PORTLAND 20.1 FT 18.0 FT WILL BE UPDATED LATER COLUMBIA RIVER 19.4 FT 16.0 FT WILL BE UPDATED LATER AT VANCOUVER AT LONGVIEW 13.3 FT 12.0 FT WILL BE UPDATED LATER MARYS RIVER NOT AVBL 20.0 FT #RISE TO 21 FEET BY 8 PM NR PHILOMATH THURSDAY. RECORD FLOOD LEVEL. EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN PHILOMATH AND SOUTH PART OF COUNTY. JOHNSON CREEK 13.5 FT 11.0 FT #RISE RAPIDLY. CREST AT 14.5 AT SYCAMORE FT AROUND 8 AM THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING LIKELY IN SE PORTLAND. 14.5 FT IS THE RECORD FLOOD LEVEL. EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LIKELY. TUALATIN RIVER 18.3 FT 17.0 FT REMAIN BETWEEN 18.0 AND 19.0 NEAR DILLEY FT THROUGH THURSDAY. NEAR FARMINGTON 32.5 FT 32.0 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO 35 FT BY SUNDAY AND STILL RISING. MAJOR FLOODING EXPECTED. SEVERAL ROADS LIKELY CLOSED INCLUDING HIGHWAY 10. SOME HOMES LIKELY FLOODED. NEAR WEST LINN 11.7 FT 13.5 FT *REACH FLOOD STAGE 10 PM TONIGHT. RISE TO 17.5 FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING AND STILL RISING. THIS WILL BE A MAJOR FLOOD. EXCEEDS 1964 FLOOD LEVELS. POSSIBLE HOMES FLOODED ALONG RIVER SOUTH YAMHILL RIVER 46.0 FT 38.0 FT *CREST AT 46.5 FT AROUND 9 PM NEAR WHITESON TONIGHT AND REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SAT. THIS WILL BE MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. EXTENSIVE FLOODING SOME STRUCTURES SOUTH OF MCMINNVILLE THREATENED. CLACKAMAS RIVER 16.9 FT 10.0 FT *CREST AT 18.0 FT AROUND NOON AT ESTACADA THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING LIKELY DOWNSTREAM. EXTENSIVE FLOODING LIKELY ESPECIALLY BELOW CARVER. MAJOR SHOPPING CENTER NEAR CONFLUENCE OF WILLAMETTE LIKELY FLOODED. MAJOR BANK EROSION LIKELY. MOLLALA RIVER EST 14.6 FT 13.0 FT #CREST NEAR 17.5 FEET NEAR CANBY 1 PM THURSDAY. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. 1 FT ABOVE RECORD FLOOD. MASSIVE FLOODING OF LOWLAND AREAS WITH CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL RIVERS. PUDDING RIVER EST 27.4 FT 22.0 FT RISE TO 31.0 FEET SATURDAY NEAR AURORA MORNING. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. MASSIVE FLOODING OF SECONDARY ROADS...HOMES AND FARMLAND FROM AURORA TO CANBY LIKELY. 99E TO MOLALLA RIVER LIKELY FLOODED. LUCKIAMUTE RIVER 32.9 FT 27.0 FT CREST AT 33.5 FEET FRIDAY NEAR SUVER NIGHT. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. SANTIAM RIVER 23.0 FT 15.0 FT *RISE TO 23.5 FT AROUND 1 AM AT JEFFERSON THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING. REMAIN NEAR 22 FEET FRIDAY. S. SANTIAM 13.0 FT 12.0 FT CREST AT 23.5 FT SATURDAY AT WATERLOO MORNING. N. SANTIAM 12.9 FT 11.0 FT FALLING BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT MEHAMA THURSDAY MORNING. MOHAWK RIVER 21.8 FT 15.0 FT *RISE TO 21.6 FT AROUND 4 AM AT SPRINGFIELD THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOOD. CREST AT 25.5 FT SATURDAY MORNING. MCKENZIE RIVER 9.5 FT 11.0 FT RISE TO FLOOD STAGE 1 AM NEAR VIDA FRIDAY. CREST AROUND 12 FEET THURSDAY EVENING. SCHNEIDER 281 RWUS42 KPDX 080338 FLSPDX ORZ004-081200- FLOOD STATEMENT BULLETIN NO. 37 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 730 PM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE RIVER... ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COLUMBIA RIVER FROM VANCOUVER DOWNSTREAM... ...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING WILLAMETTE TRIBUTARIES IN WESTERN OREGON... MARYS JOHNSON CREEK TUALATIN SOUTH YAMHILL CLACKAMAS SANDY MOLLALA PUDDING LUCKIAMUTE NORTH SANTIAM LITTLE NORTH SANTIAM SANTIAM MOHAWK MCKENZIE THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN OREGON HAS SHIFTED INTO THE NORTH PORTIONS INCLUDING ALL OF THE WILLAMETTE RIVER BASIN. RAINFALL DURING THE PERIOD FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM RANGED FROM 1/2 INCH IN THE SOUTHERN WILLAMETTE VALLEY TO AROUND 2 INCHES IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS. SNOWMELT AND HEAVY RUNOFF CONTINUES OVER THE ENTIRE RIVER BASIN. FLOODING WILLAMETTE RIVER TRIBUTARIES ARE NOW CONTRIBUTING TO INCREASING MAINSTEM FLOWS ESPECIALLY IN THE UPPER REACHES IN THE SOUTHERN END OF THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE IS LIKELY. PEOPLE AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM THE RISING WATER. FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF WARNINGS AND FORECASTS FOR WESTERN OREGON RIVERS AT 7 PM UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED... RIVER/STATION CURRENT FLOOD FORECAST NAME STAGE STAGE *DENOTES MAJOR FLOOD #DENOTES RECORD FLOOD WILLAMETTE 14.4 FT 23.0 FT RISE TO 20 SATURDAY MORNING AT EUGENE AT 3 PM REMAIN BELOW FLOOD AT EUGENE BUT FLOODING LIKELY NEAR EUGENE. AT HARRISBURG 13.8 FT 13.0 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO FLOOD STAGE AT 4 AM THURSDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 18.5 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING. MAJOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. AT CORVALLIS 14.0 FT 20.0 FT RISE TO FLOOD STAGE 5 AM THURSDAY. CONTINUE TO RISE TO 24 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. RISE TO 26 FEET SATURDAY. AT ALBANY 22.5 FT 25.0 FT *RISE TO FLOOD STAGE AROUND 2 AM THURSDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 30.8 FT 4 AM FRIDAY MORNING. CONTINUE RISING TO 32.7 FT SATURDAY WITH MAJOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. AT SALEM 26.7 FT 28.0 FT *RISE TO FLOOD STAGE BY 1 AM THURSDAY EVENING. CONTINUE RISE TO 33.1 FT BY 4 AM THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING BY 8 AM FRIDAY AT 35. FT CONTINUE RISE TO 39.0 FT SATURDAY MORNING. OREGON CITY UPPER 14.0 FT 12.7 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO 15.8 FT AROUND 4 AM THURSDAY. RISE TO MAJOR FLOOD AT 17 FEET BY 1 AM FRIDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 19.5 FEET SATURDAY MORNING. OREGON CITY LOWER 32.7 FT 27.0 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO 39.5 FT BY 4 AM THURSDAY MORNING. MAJOR FLOOD STAGE OF 40 FT. RISE TO 44 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. AT PORTLAND 20.1 FT 18.0 FT WILL BE UPDATED LATER COLUMBIA RIVER 19.4 FT 16.0 FT WILL BE UPDATED LATER AT VANCOUVER AT LONGVIEW 13.3 FT 12.0 FT WILL BE UPDATED LATER MARYS RIVER NOT AVBL 20.0 FT #RISE TO 21 FEET BY 8 PM NR PHILOMATH THURSDAY. RECORD FLOOD LEVEL. EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN PHILOMATH AND SOUTH PART OF COUNTY. JOHNSON CREEK 13.5 FT 11.0 FT #RISE RAPIDLY. CREST AT 14.5 AT SYCAMORE FT AROUND 8 AM THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING LIKELY IN SE PORTLAND. 14.5 FT IS THE RECORD FLOOD LEVEL. EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LIKELY. TUALATIN RIVER 18.3 FT 17.0 FT REMAIN BETWEEN 18.0 AND 19.0 NEAR DILLEY FT THROUGH THURSDAY. NEAR FARMINGTON 32.5 FT 32.0 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO 35 FT BY SUNDAY AND STILL RISING. MAJOR FLOODING EXPECTED. SEVERAL ROADS LIKELY CLOSED INCLUDING HIGHWAY 10. SOME HOMES LIKELY FLOODED. NEAR WEST LINN 11.7 FT 13.5 FT *REACH FLOOD STAGE 10 PM TONIGHT. RISE TO 17.5 FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING AND STILL RISING. THIS WILL BE A MAJOR FLOOD. EXCEEDS 1964 FLOOD LEVELS. POSSIBLE HOMES FLOODED ALONG RIVER SOUTH YAMHILL RIVER 46.0 FT 38.0 FT *CREST AT 46.5 FT AROUND 9 PM NEAR WHITESON TONIGHT AND REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SAT. THIS WILL BE MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. EXTENSIVE FLOODING SOME STRUCTURES SOUTH OF MCMINNVILLE THREATENED. CLACKAMAS RIVER 16.9 FT 10.0 FT *CREST AT 18.0 FT AROUND NOON AT ESTACADA THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING LIKELY DOWNSTREAM. EXTENSIVE FLOODING LIKELY ESPECIALLY BELOW CARVER. MAJOR SHOPPING CENTER NEAR CONFLUENCE OF WILLAMETTE LIKELY FLOODED. MAJOR BANK EROSION LIKELY. MOLLALA RIVER EST 14.6 FT 13.0 FT #CREST NEAR 17.5 FEET NEAR CANBY 1 PM THURSDAY. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. 1 FT ABOVE RECORD FLOOD. MASSIVE FLOODING OF LOWLAND AREAS WITH CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL RIVERS. PUDDING RIVER EST 27.4 FT 22.0 FT RISE TO 31.0 FEET SATURDAY NEAR AURORA MORNING. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. MASSIVE FLOODING OF SECONDARY ROADS...HOMES AND FARMLAND FROM AURORA TO CANBY LIKELY. 99E TO MOLALLA RIVER LIKELY FLOODED. LUCKIAMUTE RIVER 32.9 FT 27.0 FT CREST AT 33.5 FEET FRIDAY NEAR SUVER NIGHT. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. SANTIAM RIVER 23.0 FT 15.0 FT *RISE TO 23.5 FT AROUND 1 AM AT JEFFERSON THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING. REMAIN NEAR 22 FEET FRIDAY. S. SANTIAM 13.0 FT 12.0 FT CREST AT 23.5 FT SATURDAY AT WATERLOO MORNING. N. SANTIAM 12.9 FT 11.0 FT FALLING BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT MEHAMA THURSDAY MORNING. MOHAWK RIVER 21.8 FT 15.0 FT *RISE TO 21.6 FT AROUND 4 AM AT SPRINGFIELD THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOOD. CREST AT 25.5 FT SATURDAY MORNING. MCKENZIE RIVER 9.5 FT 11.0 FT RISE TO FLOOD STAGE 1 AM NEAR VIDA FRIDAY. CREST AROUND 12 FEET THURSDAY EVENING. SCHNEIDER 357 RWUS42 KPDX 080359 COR FLSPDX ORZ004-081200- FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED... BULLETIN NO. 37 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 730 PM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE RIVER... ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COLUMBIA RIVER FROM VANCOUVER DOWNSTREAM... ...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING WILLAMETTE TRIBUTARIES IN WESTERN OREGON... MARYS JOHNSON CREEK TUALATIN SOUTH YAMHILL CLACKAMAS SANDY MOLLALA PUDDING LUCKIAMUTE NORTH SANTIAM LITTLE NORTH SANTIAM SANTIAM MOHAWK MCKENZIE THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN OREGON HAS SHIFTED INTO THE NORTH PORTIONS INCLUDING ALL OF THE WILLAMETTE RIVER BASIN. RAINFALL DURING THE PERIOD FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM RANGED FROM 1/2 INCH IN THE SOUTHERN WILLAMETTE VALLEY TO AROUND 2 INCHES IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS. SNOWMELT AND HEAVY RUNOFF CONTINUES OVER THE ENTIRE RIVER BASIN. FLOODING WILLAMETTE RIVER TRIBUTARIES ARE NOW CONTRIBUTING TO INCREASING MAINSTEM FLOWS ESPECIALLY IN THE UPPER REACHES IN THE SOUTHERN END OF THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE IS LIKELY. PEOPLE AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM THE RISING WATER. FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF WARNINGS AND FORECASTS FOR WESTERN OREGON RIVERS AT 7 PM UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED... RIVER/STATION CURRENT FLOOD FORECAST NAME STAGE STAGE *DENOTES MAJOR FLOOD #DENOTES RECORD FLOOD WILLAMETTE 14.4 FT 23.0 FT RISE TO 20 SATURDAY MORNING AT EUGENE AT 3 PM REMAIN BELOW FLOOD AT EUGENE BUT FLOODING LIKELY NEAR EUGENE. ...CORRECTED... AT HARRISBURG 13.8 FT 14.0 FT *CONTINUE TO RISE TO FLOOD STAGE AT 4 AM THURSDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 17.5 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. MAJOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SAT. AT CORVALLIS 14.0 FT 20.0 FT RISE TO FLOOD STAGE 5 AM THURSDAY. CONTINUE TO RISE TO 24 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. RISE TO 26 FEET SATURDAY. AT ALBANY 22.5 FT 25.0 FT *RISE TO FLOOD STAGE AROUND 2 AM THURSDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 30.8 FT 4 AM FRIDAY MORNING. CONTINUE RISING TO 32.7 FT SATURDAY WITH MAJOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. ...CORRECTED... AT SALEM 26.7 FT 28.0 FT *RISE TO FLOOD STAGE BY 1 AM THURSDAY MORNING. CONTINUE RISE TO 33.1 FT BY 4 AM THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING BY 8 AM FRIDAY AT 35. FT CONTINUE RISE TO 39.5 FT SATURDAY MORNING. OREGON CITY UPPER 14.0 FT 12.7 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO 15.8 FT AROUND 4 AM THURSDAY. RISE TO MAJOR FLOOD AT 17 FEET BY 1 AM FRIDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 19.5 FEET SATURADY MORNING. OREGON CITY LOWER 32.7 FT 27.0 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO 39.5 FT BY 4 AM THURSDAY MORNING. MAJOR FLOOD STAGE OF 40 FT. RISE TO 44 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. AT PORTLAND 20.1 FT 18.0 FT WILL BE UPDATED LATER COLUMBIA RIVER 19.4 FT 16.0 FT WILL BE UPDATED LATER AT VANCOUVER AT LONGVIEW 13.3 FT 12.0 FT WILL BE UPDATED LATER ...CORRECTED... MARYS RIVER EST 20.5 FT 20.0 FT #RISE TO 21 FEET BY 8 PM NR PHILOMATH AT 730PM THURSDAY. RECORD FLOOD LEVEL. EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN PHILOMATH AND SOUTH PART OF COUNTY. JOHNSON CREEK 13.5 FT 11.0 FT #RISE RAPIDLY. CREST AT 14.5 AT SYCAMORE FT AROUND 8 AM THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING LIKELY IN SE PORTLAND. 14.5 FT IS THE RECORD FLOOD LEVEL. EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LIKELY. TUALATIN RIVER 18.3 FT 17.0 FT REMAIN BETWEEN 18.0 AND 19.0 NEAR DILLEY FT THROUGH THURSDAY. NEAR FARMINGTON 32.5 FT 32.0 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO 35 FT BY SUNDAY AND STILL RISING. MAJOR FLOODING EXPECTED. SEVERAL ROADS LIKELY CLOSED INCLUDING HIGHWAY 10. SOME HOMES LIKELY FLOODED. NEAR WEST LINN 11.7 FT 13.5 FT *REACH FLOOD STAGE 10 PM TONIGHT. RISE TO 17.5 FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING AND STILL RISING. THIS WILL BE A MAJOR FLOOD. EXCEEDS 1964 FLOOD LEVELS. POSSIBLE HOMES FLOODED ALONG RIVER. SOUTH YAMHILL RIVER 46.0 FT 38.0 FT *CREST AT 46.5 FT AROUND 9 PM NEAR WHITESON TONIGHT AND REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SAT. THIS WILL BE MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. EXTENSIVE FLOODING SOME STRUCTURES SOUTH OF MCMINNVILLE THREATENED. CLACKAMAS RIVER 16.9 FT 10.0 FT *CREST AT 18.0 FT AROUND NOON AT ESTACADA THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING LIKELY DOWNSTREAM. EXTENSIVE FLOODING LIKELY ESPECIALLY BELOW CARVER. MAJOR SHOPPING CENTER NEAR CONFLUENCE OF WILLAMETTE LIKELY FLOODED. MAJOR BANK EROSION LIKELY. MOLLALA RIVER EST 14.6 FT 13.0 FT #CREST NEAR 17.5 FEET NEAR CANBY 1 PM THURSDAY. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. 1 FT ABOVE RECORD FLOOD. MASSIVE FLOODING OF LOWLAND AREAS WITH CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL RIVERS. PUDDING RIVER EST 27.4 FT 22.0 FT RISE TO 31.0 FEET SATURDAY NEAR AURORA MORNING. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. MASSIVE FLOODING OF SECONDARY ROADS...HOMES AND FARMLAND FROM AURORA TO CANBY LIKELY. 99E TO MOLALLA RIVER LIKELY FLOODED. LUCKIAMUTE RIVER 32.9 FT 27.0 FT CREST AT 33.5 FEET FRIDAY NEAR SUVER NIGHT. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. SANTIAM RIVER 23.0 FT 15.0 FT *RISE TO 23.5 FT AROUND 1 AM AT JEFFERSON THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING. REMAIN NEAR 22 FEET FRIDAY. S. SANTIAM 13.0 FT 12.0 FT CREST AT 23.5 FT SATURDAY AT WATERLOO MORNING. N. SANTIAM 12.9 FT 11.0 FT FALLING BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT MEHAMA THURSDAY MORNING. MOHAWK RIVER 21.8 FT 15.0 FT *RISE TO 21.6 FT AROUND 4 AM AT SPRINGFIELD THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOOD. CREST AT 25.5 FT SATURDAY MORNING. MCKENZIE RIVER 9.5 FT 11.0 FT RISE TO FLOOD STAGE 1 AM NEAR VIDA FRIDAY. CREST AROUND 12 FEET THURSDAY EVENING. SCHNEIDER 380 RWUS42 KPDX 080404 COR FLSPDX ORZ004-081200- FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED... BULLETIN NO. 37 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 730 PM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE RIVER... ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COLUMBIA RIVER FROM VANCOUVER DOWNSTREAM... ...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING WILLAMETTE TRIBUTARIES IN WESTERN OREGON... MARYS JOHNSON CREEK TUALATIN SOUTH YAMHILL CLACKAMAS SANDY MOLLALA PUDDING LUCKIAMUTE NORTH SANTIAM LITTLE NORTH SANTIAM SANTIAM MOHAWK MCKENZIE THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN OREGON HAS SHIFTED INTO THE NORTH PORTIONS INCLUDING ALL OF THE WILLAMETTE RIVER BASIN. RAINFALL DURING THE PERIOD FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM RANGED FROM 1/2 INCH IN THE SOUTHERN WILLAMETTE VALLEY TO AROUND 2 INCHES IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS. SNOWMELT AND HEAVY RUNOFF CONTINUES OVER THE ENTIRE RIVER BASIN. FLOODING WILLAMETTE RIVER TRIBUTARIES ARE NOW CONTRIBUTING TO INCREASING MAINSTEM FLOWS ESPECIALLY IN THE UPPER REACHES IN THE SOUTHERN END OF THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE IS LIKELY. PEOPLE AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM THE RISING WATER. FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF WARNINGS AND FORECASTS FOR WESTERN OREGON RIVERS AT 7 PM UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED... RIVER/STATION CURRENT FLOOD FORECAST NAME STAGE STAGE *DENOTES MAJOR FLOOD #DENOTES RECORD FLOOD WILLAMETTE 14.4 FT 23.0 FT RISE TO 20 SATURDAY MORNING AT EUGENE AT 3 PM REMAIN BELOW FLOOD AT EUGENE BUT FLOODING LIKELY NEAR EUGENE. ...CORRECTED... AT HARRISBURG 13.8 FT 14.0 FT *CONTINUE TO RISE TO FLOOD STAGE AT 4 AM THURSDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 17.5 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. MAJOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SAT. AT CORVALLIS 14.0 FT 20.0 FT RISE TO FLOOD STAGE 5 AM THURSDAY. CONTINUE TO RISE TO 24 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. RISE TO 26 FEET SATURDAY. AT ALBANY 22.5 FT 25.0 FT *RISE TO FLOOD STAGE AROUND 2 AM THURSDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 30.8 FT 4 AM FRIDAY MORNING. CONTINUE RISING TO 32.7 FT SATURDAY WITH MAJOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. ...CORRECTED... AT SALEM 26.7 FT 28.0 FT *RISE TO FLOOD STAGE BY 1 AM THURSDAY MORNING. CONTINUE RISE TO 33.1 FT BY 4 AM THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING BY 8 AM FRIDAY AT 35. FT CONTINUE RISE TO 39.5 FT SATURDAY MORNING. OREGON CITY UPPER 14.0 FT 12.7 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO 15.8 FT AROUND 4 AM THURSDAY. RISE TO MAJOR FLOOD AT 17 FEET BY 1 AM FRIDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 19.5 FEET SATURADY MORNING. OREGON CITY LOWER 32.7 FT 27.0 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO 39.5 FT BY 4 AM THURSDAY MORNING. MAJOR FLOOD STAGE OF 40 FT. RISE TO 44 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. AT PORTLAND 20.1 FT 18.0 FT WILL BE UPDATED LATER COLUMBIA RIVER 19.4 FT 16.0 FT WILL BE UPDATED LATER AT VANCOUVER AT LONGVIEW 13.3 FT 12.0 FT WILL BE UPDATED LATER ...CORRECTED... MARYS RIVER EST 20.5 FT 20.0 FT #RISE TO 21 FEET BY 8 PM NR PHILOMATH AT 730PM THURSDAY. RECORD FLOOD LEVEL. EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN PHILOMATH AND SOUTH PART OF COUNTY. JOHNSON CREEK 13.5 FT 11.0 FT #RISE RAPIDLY. CREST AT 14.5 AT SYCAMORE FT AROUND 8 AM THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING LIKELY IN SE PORTLAND. 14.5 FT IS THE RECORD FLOOD LEVEL. EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LIKELY. TUALATIN RIVER 18.3 FT 17.0 FT REMAIN BETWEEN 18.0 AND 19.0 NEAR DILLEY FT THROUGH THURSDAY. NEAR FARMINGTON 32.5 FT 32.0 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO 35 FT BY SUNDAY AND STILL RISING. MAJOR FLOODING EXPECTED. SEVERAL ROADS LIKELY CLOSED INCLUDING HIGHWAY 10. SOME HOMES LIKELY FLOODED. NEAR WEST LINN 11.7 FT 13.5 FT *REACH FLOOD STAGE 10 PM TONIGHT. RISE TO 17.5 FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING AND STILL RISING. THIS WILL BE A MAJOR FLOOD. EXCEEDS 1964 FLOOD LEVELS. POSSIBLE HOMES FLOODED ALONG RIVER. SOUTH YAMHILL RIVER 46.0 FT 38.0 FT *CREST AT 46.5 FT AROUND 9 PM NEAR WHITESON TONIGHT AND REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SAT. THIS WILL BE MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. EXTENSIVE FLOODING SOME STRUCTURES SOUTH OF MCMINNVILLE THREATENED. CLACKAMAS RIVER 16.9 FT 10.0 FT *CREST AT 18.0 FT AROUND NOON AT ESTACADA THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING LIKELY DOWNSTREAM. EXTENSIVE FLOODING LIKELY ESPECIALLY BELOW CARVER. MAJOR SHOPPING CENTER NEAR CONFLUENCE OF WILLAMETTE LIKELY FLOODED. MAJOR BANK EROSION LIKELY. MOLLALA RIVER EST 14.6 FT 13.0 FT #CREST NEAR 17.5 FEET NEAR CANBY 1 PM THURSDAY. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. 1 FT ABOVE RECORD FLOOD. MASSIVE FLOODING OF LOWLAND AREAS WITH CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL RIVERS. PUDDING RIVER EST 27.4 FT 22.0 FT RISE TO 31.0 FEET SATURDAY NEAR AURORA MORNING. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. MASSIVE FLOODING OF SECONDARY ROADS...HOMES AND FARMLAND FROM AURORA TO CANBY LIKELY. 99E TO MOLALLA RIVER LIKELY FLOODED. LUCKIAMUTE RIVER 32.9 FT 27.0 FT CREST AT 33.5 FEET FRIDAY NEAR SUVER NIGHT. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. SANTIAM RIVER 23.0 FT 15.0 FT *RISE TO 23.5 FT AROUND 1 AM AT JEFFERSON THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING. REMAIN NEAR 22 FEET FRIDAY. S. SANTIAM 13.0 FT 12.0 FT CREST AT 23.5 FT SATURDAY AT WATERLOO MORNING. N. SANTIAM 12.9 FT 11.0 FT FALLING BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT MEHAMA THURSDAY MORNING. MOHAWK RIVER 21.8 FT 15.0 FT *RISE TO 21.6 FT AROUND 4 AM AT SPRINGFIELD THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOOD. CREST AT 25.5 FT SATURDAY MORNING. ...CORRECTED... MCKENZIE RIVER 9.5 FT 11.0 FT RISE TO FLOOD STAGE 1 AM NEAR VIDA FRIDAY. SCHNEIDER 432 RWUS42 KPDX 080415 COR FLSPDX ORZ004-081200- FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED... BULLETIN NO. 37 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 730 PM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE RIVER... ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COLUMBIA RIVER FROM VANCOUVER DOWNSTREAM... ...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING WILLAMETTE TRIBUTARIES IN WESTERN OREGON... MARYS JOHNSON CREEK TUALATIN SOUTH YAMHILL CLACKAMAS SANDY MOLLALA PUDDING LUCKIAMUTE NORTH SANTIAM LITTLE NORTH SANTIAM SANTIAM MOHAWK MCKENZIE THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN OREGON HAS SHIFTED INTO THE NORTH PORTIONS INCLUDING ALL OF THE WILLAMETTE RIVER BASIN. RAINFALL DURING THE PERIOD FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM RANGED FROM 1/2 INCH IN THE SOUTHERN WILLAMETTE VALLEY TO AROUND 2 INCHES IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS. SNOWMELT AND HEAVY RUNOFF CONTINUES OVER THE ENTIRE RIVER BASIN. FLOODING WILLAMETTE RIVER TRIBUTARIES ARE NOW CONTRIBUTING TO INCREASING MAINSTEM FLOWS ESPECIALLY IN THE UPPER REACHES IN THE SOUTHERN END OF THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE IS LIKELY. PEOPLE AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM THE RISING WATER. FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF WARNINGS AND FORECASTS FOR WESTERN OREGON RIVERS AT 7 PM UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED... RIVER/STATION CURRENT FLOOD FORECAST NAME STAGE STAGE *DENOTES MAJOR FLOOD #DENOTES RECORD FLOOD WILLAMETTE 14.4 FT 23.0 FT RISE TO 20 SATURDAY MORNING AT EUGENE AT 3 PM REMAIN BELOW FLOOD AT EUGENE BUT FLOODING LIKELY NEAR EUGENE. ...CORRECTED... AT HARRISBURG 13.8 FT 14.0 FT *CONTINUE TO RISE TO FLOOD STAGE AT 4 AM THURSDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 17.5 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. MAJOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SAT. AT CORVALLIS 14.0 FT 20.0 FT RISE TO FLOOD STAGE 5 AM THURSDAY. CONTINUE TO RISE TO 24 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. RISE TO 26 FEET SATURDAY. AT ALBANY 22.5 FT 25.0 FT *RISE TO FLOOD STAGE AROUND 2 AM THURSDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 30.8 FT 4 AM FRIDAY MORNING. CONTINUE RISING TO 32.7 FT SATURDAY WITH MAJOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. ...CORRECTED... AT SALEM 26.7 FT 28.0 FT *RISE TO FLOOD STAGE BY 1 AM THURSDAY MORNING. CONTINUE RISE TO 33.1 FT BY 4 AM THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING BY 8 AM FRIDAY AT 35. FT CONTINUE RISE TO 39.5 FT SATURDAY MORNING. ...CORRECTION... OREGON CITY UPPER 14.2 FT 14.0 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO 15.8 FT AROUND 4 AM THURSDAY. RISE TO MAJOR FLOOD AT 17 FEET BY 1 AM FRIDAY. CONTINUE RISE TO 19.5 FEET SATURADY MORNING. OREGON CITY LOWER 32.7 FT 27.0 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO 39.5 FT BY 4 AM THURSDAY MORNING. MAJOR FLOOD STAGE OF 40 FT. RISE TO 44 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. AT PORTLAND 20.1 FT 18.0 FT WILL BE UPDATED LATER COLUMBIA RIVER 19.4 FT 16.0 FT WILL BE UPDATED LATER AT VANCOUVER AT LONGVIEW 13.3 FT 12.0 FT WILL BE UPDATED LATER ...CORRECTED... MARYS RIVER EST 20.5 FT 20.0 FT #RISE TO 21 FEET BY 8 PM NR PHILOMATH AT 730PM THURSDAY. RECORD FLOOD LEVEL. EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN PHILOMATH AND SOUTH PART OF COUNTY. JOHNSON CREEK 13.5 FT 11.0 FT #RISE RAPIDLY. CREST AT 14.5 AT SYCAMORE FT AROUND 8 AM THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING LIKELY IN SE PORTLAND. 14.5 FT IS THE RECORD FLOOD LEVEL. EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LIKELY. TUALATIN RIVER 18.3 FT 17.0 FT REMAIN BETWEEN 18.0 AND 19.0 NEAR DILLEY FT THROUGH THURSDAY. ...CORRECTION... NEAR FARMINGTON 32.5 FT 32.0 FT *CONTINUE RISE TO 35 FT BY SATURDAY AND STILL RISING. MAJOR FLOODING EXPECTED. SEVERAL ROADS LIKELY CLOSED INCLUDING HIGHWAY 10. SOME HOMES LIKELY FLOODED. ...CORRECTION... NEAR WEST LINN 11.7 FT 13.5 FT *REACH FLOOD STAGE 10 PM TONIGHT. RISE TO 17.5 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING AND STILL RISING. THIS WILL BE A MAJOR FLOOD. EXCEEDS 1964 FLOOD LEVELS. POSSIBLE HOMES FLOODED ALONG RIVER. SOUTH YAMHILL RIVER 46.0 FT 38.0 FT *CREST AT 46.5 FT AROUND 9 PM NEAR WHITESON TONIGHT AND REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SAT. THIS WILL BE MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. EXTENSIVE FLOODING SOME STRUCTURES SOUTH OF MCMINNVILLE THREATENED. CLACKAMAS RIVER 16.9 FT 10.0 FT *CREST AT 18.0 FT AROUND NOON AT ESTACADA THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING LIKELY DOWNSTREAM. EXTENSIVE FLOODING LIKELY ESPECIALLY BELOW CARVER. MAJOR SHOPPING CENTER NEAR CONFLUENCE OF WILLAMETTE LIKELY FLOODED. MAJOR BANK EROSION LIKELY. MOLLALA RIVER EST 14.6 FT 13.0 FT #CREST NEAR 17.5 FEET NEAR CANBY 1 PM THURSDAY. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. 1 FT ABOVE RECORD FLOOD. MASSIVE FLOODING OF LOWLAND AREAS WITH CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL RIVERS. PUDDING RIVER EST 27.4 FT 22.0 FT RISE TO 31.0 FEET SATURDAY NEAR AURORA MORNING. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. MASSIVE FLOODING OF SECONDARY ROADS...HOMES AND FARMLAND FROM AURORA TO CANBY LIKELY. 99E TO MOLALLA RIVER LIKELY FLOODED. LUCKIAMUTE RIVER 32.9 FT 27.0 FT CREST AT 33.5 FEET FRIDAY NEAR SUVER NIGHT. REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. SANTIAM RIVER 23.0 FT 15.0 FT *RISE TO 23.5 FT AROUND 1 AM AT JEFFERSON THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOODING. REMAIN NEAR 22 FEET FRIDAY. S. SANTIAM 13.0 FT 12.0 FT CREST AT 23.5 FT SATURDAY AT WATERLOO MORNING. N. SANTIAM 12.9 FT 11.0 FT FALLING BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT MEHAMA THURSDAY MORNING. MOHAWK RIVER 21.8 FT 15.0 FT *RISE TO 21.6 FT AROUND 4 AM AT SPRINGFIELD THURSDAY. MAJOR FLOOD. CREST AT 25.5 FT SATURDAY MORNING. ...CORRECTED... MCKENZIE RIVER 9.5 FT 11.0 FT RISE TO FLOOD STAGE 1 AM NEAR VIDA FRIDAY. SCHNEIDER 721 RWUS42 KPDX 080535 FLSPDX WAZ003-ORZ004-081200- FLOOD STATEMENT BULLETIN NO. 38 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 930 PM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...SERIOUS FLOODING FORECAST FOR THE LOWER WILLAMETTE AND LOWER COLUMBIA RIVERS... ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE RIVER... ...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COLUMBIA RIVER FROM VANCOUVER DOWNSTREAM... PEOPLE AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD BEGIN TO TAKE ACTION NOW TO PREPARE FOR SERIOUS FLOODING OF THE LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER AND THE LOWER WILLAMETTE RIVER AFFECTING PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER. PROJECTED RELEASES FROM ALL CORPS OF ENGINEERS DAMS AND POWER PROJECTS ARE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THESE FORECASTS. CONCERN FOR POTENTIAL FILLING OF RESERVOIRS...AND RELEASES IS NOT NECESSARY AS THEY ARE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THIS FORECAST. FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF WARNINGS AND FORECASTS FOR THE LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER THE LOWER WILLAMETTE RIVER...STAGE VALUES ARE AS OF 9 PM WEDNESDAY... RIVER/STATION CURRENT FLOOD FORECAST NAME STAGE STAGE *DENOTES MAJOR FLOOD WILLAMETTE RIVER AT PORTLAND 20.7 FT 18.0 FT THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE ALONG A STEADY CURVE. CURRENT FORECASTS INDICATE A CREST AROUND 31.0 FEET AT THE MORRISON STREET BRIDGE FRIDAY MORNING AT 10 AM. THE SEAWALL THAT PROTECTS THE CITY IS AT 28.8 FEET THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REACH THIS LEVEL AT 7 PM THURSDAY. THE 1964 FLOOD LEVEL WAS 29.8 FEET. THE FLOOD OF RECORD IS 33.0 FEET IN 1894. IF THE RIVER REACHES 31 FEET EXTENSIVE FLOODING IS LIKELY IN DOWNTOWN PORTLAND AS WELL AS MANY AREAS ALONG THE RIVER UPSTREAM TO SALEM AND DOWNSTREAM TO THE COLUMBIA. COLUMBIA RIVER 19.4 FT 16.0 FT THE COLUMBIA WILL CONTINUE TO AT VANCOUVER RISE ALONG A STEADY CURVE. CURRENT FORECASTS INDICATE A CREST AROUND 30.0 FEET AT 10 AM FRIDAY. AT THIS LEVEL MANY OF THE LEVEES THAT PROTECT PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER ARE THREATENED WITH FAILURE OR OVERTOPPING. EXTENSIVE FLOODING WILL OCCUR BEFORE THE CREST. AT LONGVIEW 13.3 FT 12.0 FT THE COLUMBIA RISE AT LONGVIEW POSSIBLY TO 19 FEET. AT THIS LEVEL EXTENSIVE LOWLAND FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG THE RIVER. MOST ISLANDS NEAR LONGVIEW AND RAINIER WILL LIKELY BE FLOODED. END SCHNEIDER 725 RWUS42 KPDX 080536 FLSPDX ORZ006-008-010-011-0918000- FLOOD STATEMENT BULLETIN NO. 39 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 930 PM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN EASTERN OREGON... UMATILLA DESCHUTES JOHN DAY GRAND RONDE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR OTHER RIVERS IN THE NORTH HALF OF EASTERN OREGON... ...SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MORROW...UMATILLA... UNION...AND WALLOWA COUNTIES. FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF WARNINGS AND FORECASTS FOR THE ABOVE RIVERS RIVER/STATION CURRENT FLOOD REMARKS NAME STAGE STAGE N. FK. JOHN DAY 13.5 FEET NONE RISE TO 17.0 FEET BY NR MONUMENT AT 1 PM THURSDAY EVENING. JOHN DAY 11.5 FEET NONE WILL RISE TO 17.5 FEET AT SERVICE CK. AT 1 PM BY FRIDAY MORNING JOHN DAY 6.9 FEET 8.0 FEET STEADY NOW. WILL RISE TO AT JONH DAY AT 2 PM FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY MORNING. UMATILLA RIVER 9.2 FEET 7.8 FEET WILL RISE TO 12.0 FEET AT PENDLETON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. GRAND RONDE 9.2 FEET 10.0 FEET WILL RISE TO FLOOD STAGE NR LAGRANDE THURSDAY MORNING. AT TROY 12.2 FEET 10.0 FEET RISE TO NEAR 13.0 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. DESCHUTES 9.6 FEET 8.0 FEET WILL RISE TO NEAR 12.5 AT MOODY 115 PM FEET AT FRIDAY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF WARM AIR... RAINFALL... AND SNOWMELT CONTINUES TO BRING RISING LEVELS IN RIVERS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT NORTHERN OREGON. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN OREGON THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ON SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS ACROSS THE NORTH HALF OF EASTERN OREGON. RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN MOST RIVERS TONIGHT AND THROUGH THURSDAY IN WITH LOCAL FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOWLYING AREAS. STREAMS DRAINGING THE EAS SLOPES OF THE NORTH CASCADES WILL REMAIN HIIGH THROUGH THURSDAY WITH CONTINUED FLOODING. PERSONS LIVING OR TRAVELLING NEAR STREAMS AND RIVERS IN THE NORTH HALF OF THE EASTSIDE SHOULD TAKE NECESSSARY PRECAUTIONS. CS 759 RWUS32 KPDT 080551 FFSPDT ORZ010-011-WAZ010-013-081200- SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 950 PM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAUNTIL 4 AM THURSDAY MORNING... IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON ...EASTERN WALLA WALLA AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES...INCLUDING DIXIE ...DAYTON AND WAITSBURG. IN NORTHEAST OREGON ...MORROW...UMATILLA...UNION...AND WALLOWA COUNTIES. SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS WIDESPREAD ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS IN BOTH OREGON AND WASHINGTON. ALSO...SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. AT 730 PM UMATILLA COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT PINE CREEK WAS FLOODINNEAR THE TOWN OF WESTON. FLOODING WAS ALSO BEING REPORTED IN THE PILOT ROCK AREA WHERE MCKAY CREEK WAS SURGING OVER THE ROADS IN SEVERAL PLACES AT 8 PM MORROW COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED HINTON CREEK WAS WASHING OVER HWY 74 ABOUT FIVE TO SIX MILES EAST OF HEPPNER. WALLA WALLA COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTS MILL CREEK ROAD ALONG BLUE CREEK REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO FLOOD CONDITIONS. THREE FEET OF WATER COVERED A PORTION OF MILL CREEK ROAD. FLOODING WAS ALSO THREATENING THE WICKERSHAM BRIDGE. IN NORTHEAST OREGON AT 8 PM...SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS SMALL STREAMS OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS IN UNION AND WALLOWA COUNTIES. RAIN WILL TAPER OFF ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...ALLOWING SMALL STREAMS TO RECEDE....BUT MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING. MAIN-STEM RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. IF YOU LIVE ALONG A SMALL STREAM...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS THREATEN YOUR LOCATION. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH ANY AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. (FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON MAIN-STEM RIVERS...PLEASE REFER TO STATEMEN ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN PORTLAND AND SEATTLE.) JOHNSON & 812 RWUS32 KPDT 080601 COR FFSPDT ORZ010-011-WAZ010-013-081200- SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT......CORRECTION IN NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 10 PM PST WED FEB 7 1996 ...A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA UNTIL 4 AM THURSDAY MORNING... IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON ...EASTERN WALLA WALLA AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES...INCLUDING DIXIE ...DAYTON AND WAITSBURG. IN NORTHEAST OREGON ...NORTHERN GRANT...MORROW...UMATILLA...UNION...AND WALLOWA COUNTIES. SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS WIDESPREAD ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS IN BOTH OREGON AND WASHINGTON. ALSO...SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. AT 730 PM UMATILLA COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT PINE CREEK WAS FLOODIN NEAR THE TOWN OF WESTON. FLOODING WAS ALSO BEING REPORTED IN THE PILOT ROCK AREA WHERE MCKAY CREEK WAS SURGING OVER THE ROADS IN SEVERAL PLACES AT 8 PM MORROW COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED HINTON CREEK WAS WASHING OVER HWY 74 ABOUT FIVE TO SIX MILES EAST OF HEPPNER. WALLA WALLA COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTS MILL CREEK ROAD ALONG BLUE CREEK REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO FLOOD CONDITIONS. THREE FEET OF WATER COVERED A PORTION OF MILL CREEK ROAD. FLOODING WAS ALSO THREATENING THE WICKERSHAM BRIDGE. IN NORTHEAST OREGON AT 8 PM...SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS SMALL STREAMS OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS IN UNION AND WALLOWA COUNTIES. RAIN WILL TAPER OFF ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...ALLOWING SMALL STREAMS TO RECEDE....BUT MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING. MAIN-STEM RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. IF YOU LIVE ALONG A SMALL STREAM...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS THREATEN YOUR LOCATION. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH ANY AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. (FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON MAIN-STEM RIVERS...PLEASE REFER TO STATEMEN ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN PORTLAND AND SEATTLE.) JOHNSON &