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WGUS56 KMFR 142305

FFWMFR

ORC037-150200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR

404 PM PDT SAT JUL 14 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAKEVIEW



* UNTIL 700 PM PDT



* AT 358 PM PDT...FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 140 EAST OF LAKEVIEW WAS

  REPORTED BY THE LAKEVIEW POLICE DEPARTMENT. SEVERAL MUDSLIDES WERE 

  ALSO REPORTED...ONE AT MILE POST 22...AND ANOTHER AT MILE POST 

  23.2. THE LARGEST SLIDE CONTAINED ROCKS AND MUD AND WAS LOCATED AT 

  MILE POST 25.1.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE VALLEY FALLS...PAISLEY AND

  ADEL.



AT 400 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED FROM 

JUST EAST OF SUMMER LAKE SOUTHWARD ACROSS LAKE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST 

RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE OCCURRED IN THE VICINITY OF 

ADEL WHERE UPWARDS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN INDICATED. 

ACCUMULATING SMALL HAIL WAS ALSO OCCURRING WITH 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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4273 11937 4200 11935 4200 12088 4274 12090

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