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WWCN11 CWVR 240420

RAINFALL WARNING

FOR COASTAL BRITISH COLUMBIA

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 9:20 P.M. PDT SUNDAY 23 MARCH 2025.

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RAINFALL WARNING FOR:

=NEW= FRASER VALLEY - CENTRAL INCLUDING CHILLIWACK

=NEW= FRASER VALLEY - EAST INCLUDING HOPE

      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

      METRO VANCOUVER - SOUTHEAST INCLUDING SURREY AND LANGLEY

      FRASER VALLEY - WEST INCLUDING ABBOTSFORD

      HOWE SOUND

      SUNSHINE COAST - GIBSONS TO EARLS COVE.



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==DISCUSSION==



A PROLONGED PERIOD OF RAIN WITH RISING FREEZING LEVELS WILL 

CONTINUE. 



WHAT: TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 75 TO 120 MM. 



WHEN: NOW THROUGH MONDAY. 



WHERE: METRO VANCOUVER - NORTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS, FRASER 

VALLEY - ABBOTSFORD TO HOPE, HOWE SOUND, AND SUNSHINE COAST NEAR 

GIBSONS. 



REMARKS: RAIN, AT TIMES HEAVY, WILL CHANGE TO PERIODS OF MODERATE 

RAIN TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY. 



TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY WITH LOCATION. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS 

WILL BE NEAR THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS, FROM THE NORTH SHORE THROUGH THE 

COQUITLAM REGION AS WELL AS NEAR PORT MELLON. BY MONDAY NIGHT 

BETWEEN 80 TO 120MM CAN BE EXPECTED. THE REMAINING REGIONS CAN 

EXPECT 75 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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