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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA

838 PM PDT THU JUL 6 2006



WAC047-070430-

OKANOGAN WA-

838 PM PDT THU JUL 6 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM PDT FOR NORTH

CENTRAL OKANOGAN COUNTY...



AT 835 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



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

LOOMIS AND OROVILLE. THE OKANOGAN COUNTY SHERRIF REPORTED THE 

LOOMIS-OROVILLE ROAD HAS MUD AND ROCK DEBRIS...ALONG WITH FLOODING. 

THIS HAS LED TO TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPOKANE.



LAT...LON 4869 11998 4861 11943 4877 11936 4900 11928

      4900 11978



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