A moist front produced heavy rain in Southwest Washington that resulted in brief flooding of the grays River near Rosburg.
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A moist front produced heavy rain in Southwest Washington that resulted in brief flooding of the grays River near Rosburg.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Portland, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 8, 2:57 PM PST, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
256 PM PST SAT MAR 8 2014
.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WAS SPREADING INCREASING
RAIN INTO SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON THIS AFTERNOON...
THAT WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE STORM WAS ALSO
BEGINNING TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ALONG THE COAST AND OVER THE
COASTAL MOUNTAINS. THE FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE ALONG THE SOUTH
WASHINGTON COAST AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...SLOWLY MOVING THROUGH OUR
FORECAST AREA BUT NOT LIKELY THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST PART OF OUR
FORECAST AREA UNTIL SUNDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE HIGH IN THE CASCADES.
A TRAILING UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE IN SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY...BRINGING MORE SHOWERS TO THE AREA WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING
TO NEAR PASS ELEVATIONS ON MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF A
THUNDERSTORM ON MONDAY. AN UPPER RIDGE MAY THEN BRING A FEW DAYS OF
DRIER WEATHER AFTER MONDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...CONCERNS IN THE SHORT TERM
ARE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN INTO SUNDAY.
AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER TYPE FRONTAL ZONE WAS STILL ANCHORED OFF THE
COAST THIS AFTERNOON...SPREADING INCREASING RAINFALL INTO SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON. SATELLITE ANIMATION SHOWS THAT A LOT
IF NOT MOST OF THE MOISTURE FROM A TYPHOON THAT HAD BEEN IN THE
WESTERN OR CENTRAL PACIFIC NAMED FAXAI HAS BEEN ENTRAINED INTO THIS
FRONT. THIS FRONT IS LADEN WITH MOISTURE AS PWS EXCEED 1 INCH NEAR
THE COAST AND ABOUT 1.4 INCHES FARTHER OFFSHORE. RAIN WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES TONIGHT AS THE MAIN CORE OF THE FRONT MOVES IN. THE MODELS
CONTINUE TO SHOW THE FRONT MOVING ONSHORE INTO SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON
LATER TONIGHT...LINGERING IN OUR SOUTHERN FORECAST ZONES INTO SUNDAY.
WE SHOULD SEE SOME SUBSTANTIAL RISES ON AREA RIVERS...AND SEVERAL
WILL PROBABLY RISE TO NEAR BANKFULL LEVELS...AND A COUPLE MAY GET
CLOSE TO FLOOD STAGE. OF MOST CONCERN ARE THE GRAYS RIVER... THE
NEHALEM RIVER...AND POSSIBLY THE CLACKAMAS RIVER. WE ARE ISSUING A
FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST AND THE NORTH PART OF
NORTHWEST OREGON WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE.
THIS FRONT WILL ALSO PRODUCE HIGH WINDS ALONG THE COAST AND IN THE
COASTAL MOUNTAINS. WINDS WERE ALREADY INCREASING AT CLATSOP SPIT...
CAPE DESTRUCTION...AND BUOY 29...GARIBALDI NOS SITE...AND THE NEWPORT
JETTY...AND SEVERAL HIGH ELEVATION RAWS SITES IN THE COASTAL
MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. LOOKING AT THE MODEL MOVEMENT OF THE
FRONT...THE WINDS ALONG THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST AND THE WILLAPA
HILLS SHOULD DECREASE 10 PM TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...WHILE ALONG THE
CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND COAST RANGE THEY WILL LINGER UNTIL WELL
AFTER MIDNIGHT.
PRECIPITATION WILL DWINDLE FROM THE NORTHWEST EARLY SUNDAY...
LINGERING INTO SUNDAY MORNING IN THE OREGON CASCADES AND INTO MID DAY
SUNDAY IN EASTERN LANE COUNTY AS THE FRONT HANGS UP THERE. A TRAILING
COOLER UPPER TROUGH WILL APPROACH SUNDAY NIGHT...LIFTING THE FRONT
NORTH A BIT OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT...THEN MOVING THROUGH ON MONDAY.
THIS WILL INCREASE THE SHOWERS AGAIN OVER OUR AREA...WITH SNOW LEVELS
LOWERING TO NEAR THE CASCADE PASSES MONDAY. WITH MINUS 28 DEGREE C
AIR AT 500 MB OVER OUR FORECAST AREA ON MONDAY...WILL CONTINUE WITH A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY FOR DRYING WEATHER
AND SOME CLEARING...THOUGH THERE MAY BE SOME LATE NIGHT AND MORNING
FOG AND LOW CLOUDS BEFORE MORE SUNSHINE BREAKS OUT TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
TOLLESON
.LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...RECENT MODEL RUNS HAVE
BEEN PERSISTENT ON A DRY PERIOD THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF THIS
COMING WEEK AS AN UPPER RIDGE IS OVERHEAD. BOTH THE GFS MODEL AND THE
ECMWF MODEL SHOW A SYSTEM FALLING APART AS IT MOVES INTO THE UPPER
RIDGE ON WEDNESDAY...THOUGH WE MAY SEE A FEW CLOUDS AND A BIT OF
ONSHORE FLOW. IT THEN LOOKS TO STAY DRY UNTIL LATE NEXT WEEK... WITH
THE ECMWF FASTEST WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM FOR NEXT FRIDAY WHILE THE GFS
IS LESS ENTHUSIASTIC. HAVE KEPT SOME MODEST POPS FOR LATE NEXT WEEK
FOR NOW. TOLLESON
&&
.AVIATION...CURRENT VFR CONDITIONS INLAND AND MVFR CONDITIONS ALONG
THE COAST WILL GIVE WAY TO MVFR CONDITIONS INLAND AND IFR CONDITIONS
ALONG THE COAST THIS EVENING AS PRECIPITATION INCREASES OVER THE
AREA. THESE LOWER FLIGHT CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST OVERNIGHT BEFORE
IMPROVING SUNDAY MORNING AS THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES.
KPDX AND APPROACHES...EASTERLY FLOW AHEAD OF A FRONT SHOULD KEEP
CONDITIONS VFR THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...HEAVIER
PRECIPITATION BETWEEN 03Z AND 06Z SHOULD CAUSE CONDITIONS TO
DETERIORATE INTO MVFR...AND POSSIBLY INTO HIGH END IFR WHERE THEY
WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT. CONDITIONS SHOULD THEN IMPROVE TO VFR SUNDAY
AS THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES. /NEUMAN
&&
.MARINE...AN APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL ALLOW GALE FORCE WINDS
TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE WATERS INTO THIS EVENING. EXPECT WIND GUSTS OF
35 TO 40 KT TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS...WITH WIND GUSTS OF
45 KT AND ISOLATED 50 KT GUSTS LIKELY WITHIN 20 NM OF THE
COAST...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE OREGON WATERS. THIS WILL BE IN RESPONSE
TO A COASTAL JET THAT HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED AND WILL CONTINUE ENHANCE
WIND SPEEDS IN THE AFOREMENTIONED REGION. WINDS WILL LIKELY BE
STRONGEST BETWEEN 4 AND 10 PM THIS EVENING. WINDS MAY HANG ONTO THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS OUR CENTRAL OREGON INNER WATERS...BUT
CONFIDENCE IN TIMING THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST REMAINS LOW. WHILE
CURRENT GALE WARNING ENDING TIMES ARE LIKELY TOO LONG...WILL LEAVE
THIS ALONE FOR NOW.
ANYWAY...EXPECT SEAS TO BUILD RAPIDLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...LIKELY PEAKING IN THE 15 TO 17 FT RANGE ACROSS THE OUTER
WATERS...AND 17 TO 19 FT RANGE ACROSS THE INNER WATERS. BECAUSE THESE
HIGHER SEAS WILL GENERALLY BE GENERATED LOCALLY...EXPECT THEM TO COME
DOWN FAIRLY QUICKLY INTO THE LOW TEENS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC WILL BRING QUIETER WINDS AND
SEAS TO THE REGION FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. AN INCOMING SWELL LATE IN
THE WEEK WILL CAUSE SEAS TO PUSH 10 FT...AND THERMAL LOW PRESSURE
DEVELOPMENT OVER CALIFORNIA WILL BRING A PERIOD OR TWO OF GUSTY 25 KT
NORTHERLY WINDS. /NEUMAN
&&
.PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...FLOOD WATCH FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-COAST RANGE OF
NORTHWEST OREGON-GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-LOWER
COLUMBIA-NORTH OREGON COAST-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR CENTRAL COAST RANGE
OF WESTERN OREGON-COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR CENTRAL OREGON
COAST.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT FOR NORTH OREGON
COAST.
WA...FLOOD WATCH FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ
COUNTY-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-SOUTH WASHINGTON
COAST-WILLAPA HILLS.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR SOUTH
WASHINGTON COAST.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT FOR WILLAPA HILLS.
PZ...GALE WARNING UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY FOR WATERS FROM CAPE
SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-WATERS
FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE
SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM-COASTAL WATERS
FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR UNTIL 10 PM
PDT SUNDAY.
&&
&&
.PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PDT
SUNDAY FOR CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-COAST
RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON.
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PDT
SUNDAY FOR CENTRAL OREGON COAST.
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT PST
TONIGHT FOR NORTH OREGON COAST.
WA...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-WILLAPA HILLS.
PZ...GALE WARNING UNTIL 1 AM PST SUNDAY FOR WATERS FROM CAPE
SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-WATERS
FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING FOR
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR
OUT 10 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR
OUT 10 NM.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE
SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD OR OUT 10 NM-COASTAL WATERS
FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH COLUMBIA RIVER BAR UNTIL 5 AM
PDT SUNDAY.
&&
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THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FROM
THE CASCADE CREST TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. THE AREA IS COMMONLY
REFERRED TO AS THE FORECAST AREA.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain resulted in the Grays River near Rosburg to reach flood stage around 7 pm on March 8. The river crested at 15 feet around 1 am on March 9th and fell below flood stage around 6 pm.
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