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WWCN11 CWVR 222342

RAINFALL WARNING

FOR COASTAL BRITISH COLUMBIA

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 4:42 P.M. PDT SATURDAY 22 MARCH 2025.

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RAINFALL WARNING FOR:

=NEW= HOWE SOUND

      METRO VANCOUVER - CENTRAL INCLUDING THE CITY OF VANCOUVER 

         BURNABY AND NEW WESTMINSTER

      METRO VANCOUVER - NORTH SHORE INCLUDING WEST VANCOUVER AND 

         NORTH VANCOUVER

      METRO VANCOUVER - NORTHEAST INCLUDING COQUITLAM AND 

         MAPLE RIDGE

      FRASER VALLEY - WEST INCLUDING ABBOTSFORD

      SUNSHINE COAST - GIBSONS TO EARLS COVE.



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==DISCUSSION==



RAIN, AT TIMES HEAVY, IS EXPECTED.



SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AND RISING FREEZING LEVELS. 



WHAT: TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 70 TO 120 MM. 



WHEN: BEGINNING OVERNIGHT SATURDAY, CONTINUING INTO MONDAY. 



WHERE: METRO VANCOUVER - CENTRAL INCLUDING CITY OF VANOUVER, 

BURNABY, AND NEW WESTMINSTER, NORTH SHORE INCLUDING WEST VANCOUVER 

AND NORTH VANCOUVER, NORTHEAST INCLUDING COQUITLAM AND MAPLE RIDGE, 

FRASER VALLEY - WEST INCLUDING ABBOTSFORD, HOWE SOUND, SUNSHINE 

COAST - GIBSONS TO EARLS COVE. 



REMARKS: A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN AND RISING FREEZING LEVELS 

WILL BEGIN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED 

DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT(SEMICOLON) PERIODS OF RAIN 

WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF IN THE AFTERNOON. 

FURTHER EAST, TOWARDS ABBOTSFORD, THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED 

SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING. 



FREEZING LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY AND 

STAY SIGNIFICANTLY ELEVATED INTO NEXT WEEK. 



TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO VARY WITH LOCATION. THE 

HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE NEAR THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS, FROM THE 

NORTHSHORE THROUGH THE COQUITLAM REGION. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON BETWEEN 

80 TO 120MM CAN BE EXPECTED. THE REMAINING REGIONS CAN EXPECT 70 TO 

100MM.



IF VISIBILITY IS REDUCED WHILE DRIVING, TURN ON YOUR LIGHTS AND 

MAINTAIN A SAFE FOLLOWING DISTANCE. LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW-LYING 

AREAS IS POSSIBLE. 



RAINFALL WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. 



PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY 

ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO 

BCSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR POST REPORTS ON X USING (HASH)BCSTORM.



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