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WGUS86 KPQR 221006
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ORZ001>004-006>008-WAZ021-221200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
200 AM PST SAT MAR 22 2003

WILLAMETTE TRIBUTARIES BULLETIN NO. 3

...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...    
LUCKIAMUTE RIVER IN POLK COUNTY FOR TODAY...

...FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED FOR ALL OTHER RIVERS DRAINING THE EAST SIDE 
OF THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS IN NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST 
WASHINGTON...

RAIN IS INCREASING OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT 
OFFSHORE APPROACHES THE COAST. 
 
RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE HOURS WILL DETERMINE IF THE 
LUCKIAMUTE REACHES FLOOD STAGE OR NOT. THUS FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN 
EFFECT FOR THE LUCKIAMUTE RIVER...ALSO FOR THE RIVERS AND SMALL 
STREAMS ALONG THE NORTH OREGON COAST.

RAIN WILL PUSH RIVERS UP IN OTHER LOCATIONS...BUT WILL NOT BE ENOUGH 
TO REACH FLOOD STAGE. THUS THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR 
ALL OTHER AREAS.


RIVER STAGE FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED AND FORECAST RAINFALL 
AND TEMPERATURES.  FOR THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS...VISIT 
OUR WEB PAGE AT 
HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PORTLAND/PUBLICHYDRO (LOWER CASE).

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ROCKEY