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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA

825 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN OKANOGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON



* UNTIL 915 PM PDT



* AT 825 PM PDT...THE OKANOGAN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED LOCALIZED 

  FLASH FLOODING IN THE VICINITY OF MOLSON...BETWEEN OROVILLE AND 

  CHESAW.



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN 

THIS AREA...WITH RAINFALL CONTINUING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS 

STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS WELL 

AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. TRIBUTARIES OF 

THE OKANOGAN RIVER EAST OF OROVILLE WILL SEE THE MAIN IMPACT FROM 

THESE STORMS. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 



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