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Flooding Continues on Texas Creek - Flood Watch Extended

May 28, 2015

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM PDT FOR
SOUTH CNTL OKANOGAN COUNTY.

FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

AT 640 PM PDT. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TWO FOOT WALL OF
MUDDY WATER & DEBRIS FLOW 30 FEET WIDE COMING DOWN TX CREEK.
ROAD 270 HAS BEEN WASHED OUT. THIS WATER & DEBRIS IS EXPECTED TO
TRAVEL DOWNSTREAM & REACH THE CARLTON LOOP ROAD BETWEEN 645 PM PDT
AND 700 PM PDT. HOWEVER.THIS FLOW IS MOVING THROUGH A DRY PART OF
THE CREEK & THE DEPTH & WIDTH OF THE DEBRIS FLOW IS SUBSIDING.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR AROUND 5 PM PDT HAS RESULTED
IN DEBRIS FLOWS MOVING THROUGH THE TX CREEK DRAINAGE. THE DEBRIS
FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK.MUD.VEGETATION & OTHER LOOSE
MATERIALS.

* AT 620 PM PDT.10 MILES SO. SE OF TWISP WAS A RAPID TWO
FOOT CLIMB OF WATER ON TX CREEK THAT THREATENED A HOUSE.

* AT 605 PM PDT.DEBRIS FLOWS WERE REPORTED ON GRAVEL ROADS. THE
REPORT WAS 4 MILES WEST OF THE TOWN OF CARLTON ALONG HIGHWAY 153.
THIS FLASH FLOODING IN IS IN THE SAME AREA AS THE TX CREEK
DEBRIS FLOW ALONG HIGHWAY 153.

* PERSONS DOWNSTREAM OF ANY OF THESE DEBRIS FLOWS SHOULD ACT AND
PREPARE FOR THESE FLOWS COMING DOWNSTREAM. PERSONS TRAVELING ALONG
HIGHWAY 153 BETWEEN METHOW.CARLTON & TWISP SHOULD PREPARE FOR
POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES OR WASHOUTS.

* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE CARLTON COMPLEX BURN SCAR WILL RESULT
IN DEBRIS FLOWS. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF
ROCK.MUD.VEGETATION & OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.