FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR 333 PM PDT WED JUN 2, 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... NORTHERN UMATILLA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OREGON... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PENDLETON...MILTON-FREEWATER... SOUTHWESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON... EASTERN WALLA WALLA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WALLA WALLA...COLLEGE PLACE...* UNTIL 730 PM PDT* AT 327 PM PDT...
BANDS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS FROM PILOT ROCK OREGON NORTHEAST THROUGH DAYTON WASHINGTON.
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THIS AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE SHARP RISES IN AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS AS WELL AS PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
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