366  
WGUS56 KPDT 230126  
FFWPDT  
ORC063-230215-  
/O.NEW.KPDT.FF.W.0012.230823T0126Z-230823T0215Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR  
626 PM PDT TUE AUG 22 2023  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
THE NEBO BURN SCAR IN...  
SOUTHERN WALLOWA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OREGON...  
 
* UNTIL 715 PM PDT.  
 
* AT 626 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NEBO BURN SCAR. UP TO 0.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE  
FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR.  
FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.  
 
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW  
MOVING THROUGH THE NEBO BURN SCAR. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF  
ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS IN AND AROUND  
THE NEBO BURN SCAR.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR.  
 
IMPACT...FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND THE NEBO BURN SCAR.  
 
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN WALLOWA COUNTY  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4518 11715 4520 11714 4519 11710 4521 11709  
4518 11706 4517 11707 4517 11709 4515 11709  
4517 11706 4516 11706 4515 11707 4517 11705  
4515 11704 4513 11706 4513 11704 4512 11704  
4513 11712 4515 11713  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR  
 

 
 
CP  
 
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