Flash Flood Warning for Okanogan, WA
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FFWOTX The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... The Cedar Creek Burn Scar in... West Central Okanogan County in north central Washington... * Until 630 PM PDT. * At 347 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain over the Cedar Creek Burn Scar. Rain...
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FFWOTX The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... The Cedar Creek Burn Scar in... West Central Okanogan County in north central Washington... * Until 630 PM PDT. * At 347 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain over the Cedar Creek Burn Scar. Rain amounts between 0.30 to 0.50 inches has been estimated over the past hour and additional 0.25 to 0.75 inches is possible in the next few hours, as additional precipitation moves over the region. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. Excessive rainfall over the warning area will cause mud slides near steep terrain. The mud slide can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose materials. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms in and around the burn scar. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flooding of areas in and around the burn scar. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Rural areas of West Central Okanogan County and areas south of Mazama near State Route 20.
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Flash Flood Warning issued August 12 at 3:47PM PDT until August 12 at 6:30PM PDT by NWS Spokane WA
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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Spokane WA. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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