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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT

856 PM MDT FRI AUG 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL LEMHI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IDAHO



* UNTIL 1100 PM MDT



* AT 854 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

CENTRAL LEMHI COUNTY OVER THE WITHINGTON FIRE COMPLEX...OR 20 MILES 

SOUTH OF SALMON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL REMAIN OVER REMOTE

AREAS.



THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF IN THE FOREST FIRE BURN 

AREAS ALONG WITH MUD AND ROCK SLIDES. THE RUNOFF AND MUD SLIDES MAY 

AFFECT HIGHWAY 93 AND 28. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU

ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS

LIVING ALONG RIVERS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO

PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



LAT...LON 4494 11402 4478 11385 4488 11371 4503 11388

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