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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR

822 PM PST FRI DEC 23 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLATSOP COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OREGON

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...JEWELL...ASTORIA



* UNTIL 945 PM PST



* AT 810 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

  AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WARRENTON...SVENSON...SUNSET SUMMIT...SEASIDE...SADDLE MOUNTAIN...

  OLNEY...NECANICUM...KLASKANINE SUMMIT...HAMMOND...HAMLET...

  GEARHART...ELSIE...CANNON BEACH...CAMP RILEA AND ARCH CAPE.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS MORE RAIN HEADING ACROSS AN AREA

THAT HAS ALREADY HAD HEAVY RAIN. RADAR ECHOES ARE MOVING FROM THE 

SOUTHWEST ALONG A SIMMILAR PATH ACROSS CLATSOP COUNTY.



IF HEAVY RAINFALL MOVES ACROSS YOUR AREA AND YOU ARE NEAR STREAMS 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 4578 12400 4579 12339 4614 12338 4621 12399



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