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ORC063-210100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR

414 PM PDT TUE AUG 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOSEPH AND WALLOWA LAKE AREA OF CENTRAL WALLOWA COUNTY IN 

  NORTHEAST OREGON



* UNTIL 600 PM PDT



* AT 414 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THAT OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SOUTH OF JOSEPH IN THE 

  STEEP TERRAIN OF THE WALLOWA MOUNTAINS. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE

  THROUGH 5 PM WITH FLASH FLOODING LIKELY IN THIS AREA.

   

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



LAT...LON 4542 11729 4529 11711 4571 11690 4579 11718

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