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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...SOUTHWESTERN OKANOGAN COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM PDT
AT 550 PM PDT.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ALONG
AND NEAR TX CREEK NEAR HIGHWAY 153 SO. OF TWISP & NORTHWEST
OF METHOW. THIS IS WITHIN THE CARLTON COMPLEX BURN SCAR.
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING WITH SOME RESIDENTS HAVING TO
TAKE REFUGE ON ROOFS.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR HAS RESULTED IN DEBRIS FLOW
MOVING THROUGH THE TX CREEK DRAINAGE. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST
OF ROCK.MUD.VEGETATION & OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
* AT 454 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING OR DEBRIS FLOWS
ARE POSSIBLE SHORTLY. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION
AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
* FLASH FLOODING COULD IMPACT DRAINAGES ALONG HIGHWAY 153 BETWEEN METHOW
AND TWISP IN SOUTHWESTERN OKANOGAN COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
THE AFFECTED AREAS ARE THE CARLTON COMPLEX FIRE BURN SCARS ABOVE THE
METHOW RIVER VALLEY. HIGH INTENSITY RAINFALL ON THE BURNED AREAS MAY
CAUSE DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS. RESIDENTS AND
MOTORISTS IN AND BELOW THE CARLTON COMPLEX FIRE BURN SCAR IN THE
METHOW VALLEY...INCLUDING MOTORISTS ON HIGHWAY 97A FROM CHELAN TO
BREWSTER...AND STATE HIGHWAY 153 FROM PATEROS TO TWISP...SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.