This is the text of the National Weather Service warning issued about fifteen minutes ago: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN OKANOGAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON... * UNTIL 1015 PM PDT * AT 712 PM PDT... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING NEAR BENSON CREEK... OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TWISP AS HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE AREA. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... OMAK... OKANOGAN... BREWSTER... TWISP... PATEROS... WINTHROP... FOGGY DEW CAMPGROUND... CRATER CREEK CAMPGROUND... LOUP LOUP CAMPGROUND... MONSE... LOUP LOUP PASS... METHOW... BLACK PINE LAKE CAMPGROUND... MALOTT... CARLTON... MAZAMA... MYSTERY CAMPGROUND AND WAR CREEK CAMPGROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE THREATENING FLOODING OF CREEKS... ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES... MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN... ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS. THE AFFECTED AREAS ARE THE COUGAR COMPLEX FIRE BURN SCARS BETWEEN THE OKANOGAN AND METHOW RIVERS... CARLTON COMPLEX... LONE MOUNTAIN FIRE BURN SCAR... ALONG WITH OTHER BURN SCARS IN THE AREA. HIGH INTENSITY RAINFALL ON THE BURNED AREAS MAY CAUSE DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN AND BELOW THE COUGAR COMPLEX FIRE BURN SCAR IN THE METHOW AND OKANOGAN VALLEYS... INCLUDING MOTORISTS ON STATE HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN TWISP AND THE OKANOGAN RIVER... US HIGHWAY 97 NORTH FROM BREWSTER TO MALOTT... AND STATE HIGHWAY 153 FROM CARLTON TO WINTHROP... SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 02:31:40 +0000