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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA

550 PM PDT TUE AUG 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN OKANOGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON



* UNTIL 715 PM PDT



* AT 541 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAIN RATES CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING FROM A 

  COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF MAZAMA AND WINTHROP...STRETCHING

  TO THE CANADIAN BORDER. THE PRIMARY THREAT AREA IS NEAR THE 

  UPPER REACHES OF THE CHEWUCH RIVER...AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN

  OF THE OKANOGAN NATIONAL FOREST. THIRTYMILE...LAKE CREEK AND FALLS

  CREEK CAMP SITES WILL BE CLOSEST TO THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL. OTHER 

  AREAS OF CONCERN WILL BE THE UPPER REACHES OF THE METHOW RIVER 

  NORTH OF MAZAMA. MUD SLIDES AND RAPID RISES ON SMALL CREEKS AND 

  STREAMS WILL BE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN...AS WELL AS WASHOUTS ON 

  SERVICE ROADS.  



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  NIGHTHAWK.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



LAT...LON 4899 12046 4876 12061 4840 12014 4868 11973

      4899 11962



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