By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Heavy rain in the mountains tomorrow afternoon through Saturday morning could cause flooding this weekend, according to an outlook issued yesterday by the National Weather Service.
The forecast is two to three days ahead and on Monday it appeared the bulk of the precipitation could fall on British Columbia, but on Tuesday the models aimed the heaviest rain at Western Washington, although newer models could send the storm in another direction, according to the NWS.
Rainfall this heavy – eight to 10 inches over the Cascade Mountains – would cause flooding on many area rivers. Of note in Lewis County are the Cowlitz River, the Chehalis River and their tributaries.
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The link for the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Seattle can be found here and also always on the right hand column of this page, labeled “Weather Alerts, forecasts”
The link for the National Weather Service’s river level observation and forecast for Western Washington can be found here and also always on the right hand column of this page, labeled “River levels”
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