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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA

603 PM PDT FRI AUG 8 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHELAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...



* UNTIL 700 PM PDT



* AT 553 PM PDT...A STATIONARY LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES

  TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN 

  CHELAN COUNTY. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAY

  2 JUST EAST OF STEVENS PASS. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING 

  EXISTS FOR THE VALLEYS OF WESTERN CHELAN COUNTY NEAR THE 

  CASCADES CREST.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOLDEN

  VILLAGE...STEHEKIN AND TRINITY



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



LAT...LON 4803 12115 4809 12099 4816 12093 4831 12106

      4848 12106 4855 12085 4852 12080 4853 12065

      4844 12065 4837 12055 4832 12057 4820 12034

      4735 12067 4745 12095 4756 12110 4766 12113

      4771 12108 4778 12112 4782 12109 4789 12119



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