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WGUS51 KPDT 050112

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ORC065-050330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR

612 PM PDT MON AUG 4 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN WASCO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OREGON



* UNTIL 830 PM PDT



* AT 615 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND

  AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

  RAINFALL CONTINUE OVER WESTERN WASCO COUNTY...OR ABOUT 35 MILES

  SOUTHWEST OF MAUPIN.



* THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT      

  UNTIL 615 PM.



* AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES HAVE REPORTED THAT 3/4 OF AN INCH OF RAIN

  FELL IN 1 HOUR WITH RADAR INDICATING UP TO 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

  POSSIBLE SINCE THE STORMS BEGAN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS 

COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. SOME CREEKS 

AFFECTED MAY INCLUDE CEDAR CREEK AND BADGER CREEK AND THE SOUTH FORK 

OF THE WARM SPRINGS RIVER.



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.



LAT...LON 4498 12187 4485 12168 4480 12152 4524 12150



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