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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1243 AM CDT WED JUN 8 2005



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OREGON MO-

1243 AM CDT WED JUN 8 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR OREGON COUNTY UNTIL 515 AM

CDT...



AT 1230 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE HURRICANE 

CREEK AND WHITES CREEK BASINS OF NORTHEASTERN OREGON COUNTY. ANOTHER 

AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OCCURRED OVER THE WARM FORK AND ANTHONY BRANCH 

BASINS OF SOUTHWEST OREGON COUNTY...WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WERE 

ESTIMATED. 



THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS TAPERING OFF ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE 

FLOODING FOR MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL 

EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...THAYER...GREER...AND WILDERNESS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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