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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID

300 PM PDT FRI AUG 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL BAKER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OREGON

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BAKER



* UNTIL 500 PM PDT



* AT 254 PM PDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAKER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHERN BAKER COUNTY WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES ON 

STREAMS AND CREEKS IN NORTHERN BAKER COUNTY.  BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM PDT 

BAKER CITY AIRPORT RECORDED NEARLY THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF 

RAIN.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO TWO INCHES IN THE ELKHORN 

MOUNTAINS NORTHWEST OF BAKER.  HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS 

ARE HEADED INTO NORTHEAST BAKER COUNTY AT 3 PM PDT.



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

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BOISE.



LAT...LON 4477 11813 4465 11795 4505 11710 4506 11748

          4498 11800



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