Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Portland, OR
Areas Affected: Multnomah, OR
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Thursday 8:02am PDT
Alert Effective: Thursday 8:02am PDT
Alert Expires: Thursday 2:00pm PDT
Event Onset: Thursday 8:02am PDT
Event Ends: Thursday 2:00pm PDT
Issued by: NWS Portland OR
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Urban area and small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...A portion of northwest Oregon, including the following county, Multnomah. * WHEN...Until 200 PM PDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Streams continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 757 AM PDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain. Flooding is already occurring in the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Gresham, Troutdale, Fairview and Wood Village. - River gauges on the upper reaches of Johnson Creek at Gresham and Beaver Creek at Troutdale are observing minor flooding. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.79fa7e1a69cb218320dd5a5f405dc3fc49f96fa9.001.1 Codes: ORC051 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.79fa7e1a69cb218320dd5a5f405dc3fc49f96fa9.001.1