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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1006 PM PST THU DEC 18 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HEAVY RAIN AND A LOG JAM IN...
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL OREGON...
* UNTIL 1000 AM PST FRIDAY.
* AT 1006 PM PST, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WAS CREATING
VERY HIGH STREAMFLOWS. ADDITIONALLY, THE WARM SPRINGS RESERVATION
EMERGENCY MANAGER IS REPORTING THAT WATER IS BACKING UP BEHIND A
LOG JAM UPSTREAM OF WARM SPRINGS. IF THE LOG JAM FAILS, FLOODING
WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN AND SNOWMELT ALONG WITH
A LOG JAM THAT MAY FAIL SUDDENLY.
SOURCE...GAUGES AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER
DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SOUTHERN WARM SPRINGS RESERVATION AND WARM SPRINGS.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG THE SHITIKE CREEK. FLOODING HAS BEGUN
BEGIN AT WARM SPRINGS AND WILL PEAK AROUND 1 AM, THEN DECREASE
FRIDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4477 12122 4476 12122 4474 12165 4476 12167
FLASH FLOOD...GAUGE INDICATED
GP
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