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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

328 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006



MOC149-040115-

OREGON MO-

328 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OREGON COUNTY UNTIL 815

PM CDT...



AT 321 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA...WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ACROSS THE HEAVIEST RAIN 

THAT HAD FALLEN EARLY. 



DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN THREE TO FIVE INCHES HAD 

FALLEN ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OREGON COUNTY...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE 

WILDERNESS...RIVERTON AND MANY SPRINGS AREA SINCE 1 PM. SOME OF THE 

TRIBUTARIES OF THE ELEVEN POINT RIVER...SPECIFICALLY HURRICANE 

CREEK...LITTLE HURRICANE CREEK AND SPRING CREEK ARE LIKELY RISING 

SIGNIFICANTLY. ANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG THESE CREEKS ARE 

PROBABLY IMPASSABLE AT THIS TIME. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO LOCALLY 

ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 5 

PM. 



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3686 9123 3650 9115 3650 9164 3687 9165



$$



JLT

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000 

WGUS73 KSGF 032036

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

328 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006



MOC149-040115-

OREGON MO-

328 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OREGON COUNTY UNTIL 815

PM CDT...



AT 321 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA...WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ACROSS THE HEAVIEST RAIN 

THAT HAD FALLEN EARLY. 



DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN THREE TO FIVE INCHES HAD 

FALLEN ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OREGON COUNTY...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE 

WILDERNESS...RIVERTON AND MANY SPRINGS AREA SINCE 1 PM. SOME OF THE 

TRIBUTARIES OF THE ELEVEN POINT RIVER...SPECIFICALLY HURRICANE 

CREEK...LITTLE HURRICANE CREEK AND SPRING CREEK ARE LIKELY RISING 

SIGNIFICANTLY. ANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG THESE CREEKS ARE 

PROBABLY IMPASSABLE AT THIS TIME. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO LOCALLY 

ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 5 

PM. 



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3686 9123 3650 9115 3650 9164 3687 9165



$$



JLT

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