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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

541 AM CDT SAT JUL 3 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR OREGON

COUNTY...



AT 535 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS OREGON COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 

MIDNIGHT. 



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAD DIMINISHED...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL 

STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. LOCATIONS MOST PRONE TO 

FLOODING INCLUDE AREAS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN OREGON COUNTY BETWEEN 

THAYER...COUCH...WILDERNESS...AND MYRTLE...AND ALONG THE TRIBUTARIES 

OF THE ELEVEN POINT RIVER. 



IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...

OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD

AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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