306 WGUS56 KOTX 292030 FFWOTX WAC007-292200- /O.NEW.KOTX.FF.W.0002.130629T2030Z-130629T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 130 PM PDT SAT JUN 29 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL CHELAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WENATCHEE... * UNTIL 300 PM PDT * AT 123 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NUMBER 2 CANYON BURN SCAR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. THE AFFECTED AREAS ARE THE CANYON FIRE BURN SCARS IN NUMBER 1 AND NUMBER 2 CANYONS ABOVE WENATCHEE. HIGH INTENSITY RAINFALL ON THE BURNED AREAS CAN CAUSE DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN AND BELOW THE CANYONS...INCLUDING IN THE CITY OF WENATCHEE...SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 4746 12046 4748 12031 4740 12029 4738 12026 4735 12035 4737 12049 $$ VAN HORN