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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

TEST...FLASH FLOOD WARNING...TEST

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR

1016 AM PDT TUE SEP 18 2007



...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A



* THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EXTREMELY RAPID

SNOW MELT IN...

  CENTRAL KITTITAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL WASHINGTON...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELLENSBURG...



* UNTIL 1215 PM PDT



* THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. AT 1016 AM PDT...RAIN FALLING ON EXISTING

  SNOWPACK WAS GENERATING FLASH FLOODING FROM EXCESSIVE RUNOFF.



* THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. AFFECTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE ELLENSBURG AND

  THORP



THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER

DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF

FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN

ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT

DROWN.



THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. DO NOT TAKE ACTION BASED ON THIS MESSAGE.



LAT...LON 4703 12091 4728 12043 4714 12007 4697 12061



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