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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR

557 PM PDT SUN AUG 15 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OREGON



* UNTIL 730 PM PDT



* AT 548 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER GRANT COUNTY...OR

  ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF DALE. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY

  HEAVY RAIN WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.  AREAS ALONG THE NORTH FORK 

  OF THE JOHN DAY RIVER AS WELL AS DESOLATION CREEK WILL BE MOST     

  VULNERABLE.



* THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR...

  DALE AT 615 PM PDT



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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.



LAT...LON 4487 11877 4498 11870 4498 11889 4493 11896



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