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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR

350 PM PDT MON AUG 29 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL CLACKAMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OREGON



* UNTIL 445 PM PDT



* AT 341 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA WHICH 

  IS SOUTH OF ESTACADA AND EAST OF MOLLALA...NEAR AND JUST EAST OF 

  HIGHWAY 211.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COLTON.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA. SIMILAR AMOUNTS OF 

RAIN FELL IN THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE WHERE DEBRIS FLOWS AND 

SOME LANDSLIDES HAVE OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON.



WHEN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED IT 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. SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4508 12255 4509 12227 4527 12227 4526 12255



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