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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
100 AM PDT WED AUG 30 2023
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN SPOKANE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...
SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...
* UNTIL 400 AM PDT.
* AT 100 AM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.25 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.25 TO 0.75
INCHES IN 1 HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS AND STREETS AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS. THIS INCLUDES THE FORD
CORKSCREW BURN SCAR NEAR FORD AND TUM TUM.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
TUM TUM AND FORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOVE AWAY FROM BURN SCAR AREAS. LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING OF CREEKS
AND ROADS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES,
MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS, ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THE FORD
CORCKSCREW BURN SCAR.
LAT...LON 4783 11777 4794 11785 4801 11766 4787 11748
4776 11771
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.25-0.75 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
SVH
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