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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

TEST...FLASH FLOOD WARNING...TEST

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR

153 PM PDT WED SEP 19 2007



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



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS EXTENDED THE



* THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR VOLCANIC SNOW MELT

   IN...

  NORTHERN COWLITZ COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...

  THIS INCLUDES THE LOCATIONS OF...COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...

  CASTLE ROCK...

  NORTHWESTERN SKAMANIA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...

  THIS INCLUDES THE LOCATION OF MOUNT ST. HELENS...



* UNTIL 430 PM PDT.



* THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. AT 153 PM PDT...ACTIVITY OF THE MOUNT ST.

  HELENS VOLCANO WAS CAUSING RAPID SNOWMELT ON ITS SLOPES AND

  GENERATING FLASH FLOODING. THIS WAS AFFECTING THE TOUTLE RIVER

  AND ITS DOWNSTREAM CONFLUENCE WITH THE COWLITZ RIVER.



* THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE CASTLE ROCK...

  COLDWATER LAKE...LEXINGTON...MOUNT ST. HELENS...OSTRANDER...SILVER

  LAKE...SPIRIT LAKE...SWIFT RESERVOIR...TOUTLE...COLDWATER RIDGE

  VISITORS CENTER AND JOHNSTON RIDGE VISITORS CENTER.



THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. PEOPLE BELOW THE VOLCANO SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE ACTION BY MONITORING LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION AND

FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANY REQUIRED EVACUATION AS OUTLINED BY

LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS.



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 4639 12297 4640 12240 4627 12197 4605 12207

      4616 12304



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