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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA

546 PM PDT MON JUN 15 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN PEND OREILLE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON...

  SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON...



* UNTIL 645 PM PDT



* AT 542 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL PEND

  OREILLE COUNTY...OR 17 MILES WEST OF NEWPORT...MOVING EAST AT 15

  MPH.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER   

MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.  BUCK CREEK...11 MILES 

WEST OF DIAMOND LAKE...HAS RECEIVED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IN 

ONE HOUR FROM DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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.



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 TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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LAT...LON 4817 11756 4816 11732 4805 11731 4806 11755



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JW

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