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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR

430 PM PDT MON AUG 29 2005



ORC005-292345-

CLACKAMAS-

430 PM PDT MON AUG 29 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM PDT FOR CENTRAL

CLACKAMAS COUNTY...



AT 421 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER AREA SOUTH OF 

ESTACADA AND JUST EAST OF COLTON. THIS WAS NEAR AND JUST EAST OF 

HIGHWAY 211.



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



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY JUST EAST OF COLTON. SIMILAR 

AMOUNTS OF RAIN FELL IN THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE THIS 

AFTERNOON WHERE DEBRIS FLOWS AND SOME LANDSLIDES HAVE OCCURRED.



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. SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



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



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