BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 736 PM PDT THU SEP 5 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... THE COLOCKUM-TARPS AND MILEPOST 10 BURN SCARS IN EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CHELAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON... * UNTIL 1130 PM PDT * AT 730 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. * THE AFFECTED AREAS ARE COLOCKUM CREEK DRAINAGE AND ITS SIDE CANYONS...INCLUDING ROBINSON CANYON...COLOCKUM ROAD AND TARPISCAN ROAD. HIGH INTENSITY RAINFALL ON THE BURNED AREAS MAY CAUSE DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN AND BELOW THE COLOCKUM TARPS BURN SCAR SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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. && LAT...LON 4733 12017 4731 12009 4729 12009 4727 12009 4726 12018
Posted on: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 03:34:59 +0000