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ORC051-260045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR

445 PM PDT WED AUG 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL MULTNOMAH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OREGON



* UNTIL 545 PM PDT



* AT 445 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED AN AREA OF       

  FLOODING 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORBETT...OR ABOUT 9                 

  MILES NORTHWEST OF SANDY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 75 MPH. WEATHER     

  SPOTTERS IN THE AREA HAS REPORTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH IN  

  20 MINUTES PRODUCING WATER OVER ONE FOOT DEEP NEAR DIVISION AND    

  POWELL STREETS IN GRESHAM. MULTNOMAH COUNTY EMERGENCY              

  MANAGER REPORTED SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN 181ST AND DIVISION  

  TO BURNSIDE AND POWELL HAVE A FEW INCHES TO 1.5 FEET OF WATER.     

  THERE HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTS OF FLOODING IN A HOME IN THE GRESHAM

  AREA AND A REPORT OF A DEBRIS FLOW NEAR KERSLAKE AND STARK. 



* THE AREA OF FLOODING WILL BE NEAR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS THROUGH

   545 PM PDT...

   CORBETT...BRIDAL VEIL...MULTNOMAH FALLS



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



LAT...LON 4553 12239 4546 12238 4548 12188 4560 12197

      4554 12221



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