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ORC033-051445-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR

550 AM PDT FRI SEP 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME SOUTHERN JOSEPHINE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OREGON



* UNTIL 745 AM PDT



* AT 544 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

  IN THE PAST HOUR ALONG THE EAST FORK OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER NEAR 

  TAKILMA...AND ALONG THE LOWER ELK CREEK DRAINAGE ALONG HIGHWAY 199 

  AT THE STATE LINE.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...TAKILMA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 4210 12353 4199 12355 4197 12375 4205 12375

          4206 12368 4214 12363



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