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WGUS56 KPDT 290222

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ORC017-290515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR

720 PM PDT SAT MAY 28 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL DESCHUTES COUNTY IN CENTRAL OREGON

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEND



* UNTIL 1015 PM PDT



* AT 713 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN

  FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.  WEATHER SPOTTERS NEAR 

  BEND REPORTED ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IN 10 MINUTES ALONG WITH 

  FLOODING ALREADY OVER MANY STREETS IN BEND.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TUMALO AND

  SISTERS.



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.



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 4400 12144 4406 12122 4437 12122 4433 12174



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