CW3E Event Summary: 26 January – 2 February 2020

February 3, 2020

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Active weather pattern brings heavy rainfall and flooding to the Pacific Northwest

  • A series of landfalling ARs resulted in heavy precipitation and river flooding between the last week of January and beginning of February
  • The last landfalling AR produced AR3 conditions along the coast of Washington and Oregon
  • Total estimated 7-day precipitation between 26 Jan and 2 Feb exceeded 5 inches over portions of western WA and northwestern OR, with more than 10 inches over the Olympic Mountains and North Cascades

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Valid 1200 UTC 26 January – 1200 UTC 2 February 2020


 

 

 

 

 

Summary provided by C. Castellano, C. Hecht, B. Kawzenuk, and F. M. Ralph; 3 February 2020