Keith A. Prior

This came from the National Weather Service.

If anyone planned to go cycling in the Scenic Highway

area or Camas Washougal areas. check with ODOT first

before heading out on the bike.



-Keith

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FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR

325 PM PDT MON AUG 29 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

CENTRAL MULTNOMAH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OREGON

EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON



* UNTIL 445 PM PDT



* AT 316 PM PDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED

DEBRIS FLOWS AND LANDSLIDES FROM HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE COLUMBIA

RIVER SCENIC HIGHWAY NEAR THE SANDY RIVER AND EAST OF TROUTDALE.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

TROUTDALE...MULTNOMAH FALLS...BRIDAL VEIL...WASHOUGAL AND CAMAS.



THE DEBRIS FLOWS AND LANDSLIDES ARE THE RESULT OF VERY HEAVY RAIN

FROM A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. TROUTDALE AIRPORT HAS

REPORTED ABOUT AN INCH AND A HALF IN THE PAST HOUR AND A HALF.



WHEN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED IT 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. SEEK HIGHER GROUND.