Flash Flood Watch ~ Southwest Oregon and Northeast California

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1114 AM PDT TUE JUN 2 2009

...THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING SOME FLASH FLOODING TO SOUTHWEST OREGON
 AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
OVER SOUTHWEST OREGON AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND SOME WILL CONTAIN HEAVY PRECIPITATION.
THIS COMBINATION MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN SMALL CREEK BASINS
ALONG WITH URBAN STREET FLOODING.

WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY-CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY-
NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY-
EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY-
EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS-JACKSON COUNTY-
SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES-
SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES-KLAMATH BASIN-
NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ETNA...FORT JONES...GREENVIEW...YREKA...
WEED...MOUNT SHASTA...DUNSMUIR...MCCLOUD...TENNANT...TULELAKE...
DORRIS...ALTURAS...GRANTS PASS...STEAMBOAT...TOKETEE FALLS...
MEDFORD...ASHLAND...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE...DIAMOND LAKE...
UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT...ALTAMONT...
KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...
SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW
1114 AM PDT TUE JUN 2 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND
OREGON...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA...CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY...MODOC COUNTY...NORTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY...NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND
NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES...SOUTH CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY AND
WESTERN SISKIYOU COUNTY. IN OREGON...CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE
COUNTY...EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY...EASTERN
DOUGLAS COUNTY FOOTHILLS...JACKSON COUNTY...KLAMATH BASIN...
NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY...
SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES AND SOUTH
CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES.

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN

* SMALL CREEKS MAY BRIEFLY TOP THEIR BANKS. URBAN STREET FLOODING
IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.