The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch for Deschutes County.
Here is the message from the National Weather Service:
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
939 AM PDT THU MAY 21 2015
…SIGNIFICANT DOWNPOURS WITH THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND FRIDAY…
.SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS EASTERN OREGON.
THESE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT
DOWNPOURS IN SOME LOCATIONS. FLASH FLOODING OR DEBRIS FLOWS ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS NEAR STEEP TERRAIN.
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING…
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