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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
449 PM PDT WED JUL 29 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MINERAL...
  SOUTH CENTRAL PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ALDER...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN THURSTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...
* UNTIL 545 PM PDT.
* AT 446 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN  
FROM A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
DOPPLER RADAR IS REPORTING ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 
INCHES PER HOUR. 
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ELBE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
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LAT...LON 4685 12239 4683 12209 4667 12204 4671 12231
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BOWER/ALBRECHT
WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE