THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
CAMP SPRINGS, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
3TORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
100 PM PST MON DEC 3 2007
...MAJOR STORM BRINGING HIGH WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...AND HEAVY SNOWS
TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...
FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON
AND OREGON.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT ACROSS AREAS OF
CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
IDAHO...AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN MONTANA.
SNOW ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED AREAS OF WESTERN WYOMING.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
A SERIES OF MAJOR EARLY WINTER STORMS BEGAN IMPACTING THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY...BRINGING VERY STRONG WINDS TO COASTAL
SECTIONS OF WASHINGTON...OREGON...AND NORTHWESTERN
CALIFORNIA...SIGNIFICANT RAINS TO MUCH OF WESTERN
WASHINGTON...WESTERN OREGON...AND NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA...AND
HEAVY SNOWS TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS FROM WASHINGTON SOUTHWARD TO
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND EASTWARD INTO IDAHO. THE FIRST IN THE
SERIES OF STORMS MOVED INLAND EARLY SUNDAY NIGHT...A DEEP STORM
OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND A POWERFUL ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE
TO BRING HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WINDS AND HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOWS THRU
TUESDAY.
AT 100 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION CONTINUING FROM WESTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHWARD INTO
NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AND FROM EASTERN WASHINGTON AND EASTERN
OREGON INTO IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA.
...SELECTED SNOWFALL TOTALS IN INCHES FROM 400 AM PST SATURDAY DEC
1 THROUGH 1000 AM PST MONDAY DEC 3...
...WASHINGTON...
JUNE LAKE 27.0
SWIFT LAKE 20.0
BELWET PASS AREA 19.0
GLENWOOD 18.0
SPENCER MEADOW 18.0
CASHMERE 17.3
POTLATCH 16.0
PLAIN 15.0
STEVENS PASS 14.0
49 DEGREES SKI 14.0
MALOTT 14.0
MOUNT SPOKANE SKI 12.0
...IDAHO...
MOYIE SPRINGS 18.0
LOOKOUT PASS SKI 16.0
NAPLES 3 W 16.0
BEAR MTN 15.0
SCHWEITZER SADDLE 13.0
HIDDEN LAKE 12.5
SILVER MOUNTAIN SKI 12.0
PRIEST RIVER 6 S 11.0
...SELECTED RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES FROM 400 AM PST SATURDAY DEC
1 THROUGH 1000 AM PST MONDAY DEC 3...
...WASHINGTON...
JUNE LAKE 6.90
LONE PINE 6.60
SHELTON/SANDERSON FIELD AIRPORT 6.03
LARCH MOUNTAIN 5.94
CASTLE ROCK 5.27
BREMERTON NATIONAL AIRPORT 4.74
STAMPEDE PASS 4.15
OLYMPIA AIRPORT 3.81
KELSO-LONGVIEW AIRPORT 3.64
SHELTON 3.34
SEATTLE/BOEING FIELD 3.14
QUILLAVYUTE 3.10
KALAMA 6ENE 1.66
FORKS 1.63
...OREGON...
LEES CAMP 11.70
MOUNT HEBO 9.53
SOUTH FORK RAWS 9.44
CEDAR MTN RAWS 9.25
LOG CREEK RAWS 9.00 (24 HOURS)
HASKINS DAM 8.70 (24 HOURS)
ROCKHOUSE MOUNTAIN 5.82
SCAPPOOSE 4.18
ASTORIA 3.14
PORTLAND/HILLSBORO AIRPORT 2.98
JENNINGS LODGE 0.1 ESE 2.72
FOREST GROVE 9.5 NW 2.56
HILLSBORO 2.46
CORVALLIS 2 SSW 2.36
NEHALEM 4.1 ESE 1.80
...IDAHO...
MULLAN PASS 2.49
...SOME OBSERVED WIND GUSTS AS OF 100 PM PST MONDAY DEC 3...
...WASHINGTON...
CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT 104 MPH
TOKE POINT 75 MPH
BAY CENTER 72 MPH
OYSTERVILLE 67 MPH
OCEAN PARK 67 MPH
...OREGON...
BAY CITY 129 MPH
LINCOLN CITY 125 MPH
CAPE MEARS 114 MPH
TILLAMOOK BAY TIDE GAGE 100 MPH
MOUNT HEBO 91 MPH
GOVT CAMP SKI BOWL 90 MPH
ROCKAWAY BEACH 87 MPH
ASTORIA - WEST SLOPE 86 MPH
CLATSOP SPIT 85 MPH
HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COASTAL
SECTIONS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO
WASHINGTON THRU TUESDAY...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWS IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS (SNOW LEVELS HAVE RISEN SINCE SUNDAY).
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 INCHES OR MORE ARE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS BY
LATER MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE FAVORED TERRAIN
NEAR THE COAST FROM WASHINGTON SOUTHWARD INTO EXTREME NORTHWESTERN
CALIFORNIA. THESE ADDITIONAL RAINS...ALONG WITH THE RAINS THAT
HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED...WILL LIKELY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 700 PM PST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.
KOCIN
Last Updated: 402 PM EST MON DEC 03 2007