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WWCN11 CWVR 231211

RAINFALL WARNING

FOR COASTAL BRITISH COLUMBIA

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 5:11 A.M. PDT SUNDAY 23 MARCH 2025.

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RAINFALL WARNING FOR:

      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

      HOWE SOUND

      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: NOW INTO MONDAY. 



WHERE: METRO VANCOUVER - NORTHERN SECTIONS, 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 CONTINUE TODAY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY AND 

TONIGHT. PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY BEFORE TAPERING 

OFF IN THE AFTERNOON. FURTHER EAST, TOWARDS ABBOTSFORD, THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING. 



FREEZING LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TODAY AND STAY SIGNIFICANTLY 

ELEVATED INTO THE FIRST HALF OF THIS WEEK. 



TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO VARY WITH LOCATION. THE 

HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE NEAR THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS, FROM THE NORTH 

SHORE 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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