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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
707 AM PST FRI JAN 31 2003


...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE 
FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 715 PM PST THIS EVENING ...

IN OREGON...
LOWER COLUMBIA...GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA...NORTH OREGON COAST AND
COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON...

IN WASHINGTON...
GREATER VANCOUVER AREA AND LOWER COLUMBIA AND I - 5 CORRIDOR IN
COWLITZ COUNTY...


HEAVY RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT RESULTING IN SMALL STREAMS OVERFLOWING 
THEIR BANKS AND LOCAL PONDING ON STREETS AND HIGHWAYS...ESPECIALLY 
UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE 
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 
FLOODING. RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING.

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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.