[Oremem] EEI Report

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DE AAA0OR  NR 20
P 311630Z JAN 03
FM JOHN JEWKES/AAA0OR  OR
TO DOMS
TO GARY COOPER/AAM0EOR OR
INFO AAA9W AZ
ALL OR/ID ARMY MARS MEMBERS
MIKE POTTER/ NNN0EHG OR
ROBERT DAVIS/ AFF5C UT/OR
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ACTUAL INCIDENT
SUBJECT: EEI REPORT
1. REF: TALL WATER / OR
A. FLOODING/ PORTLAND METRO AREA/ 311508Z JAN 03
B. OPERATIONAL WITH EMERGENCY GENERATORS ON STANDBY
C. US HIGHWAY 30 CLOSED AT ST JOHNS BRIDGE; US HIGHWAY 26 HAS ONE LANE PASSABLE FOR ALL DIRECTIONS AT TILLAMOOK JUNCTION. (11 MILES FROM OREGON COASTLINE); US 101 FLOODED AND MAY CLOSE NEAR TILLAMOOK OREGON ON THE COASTLINE.; INTERSTATE 5 HAS FLOODING IN SEVERAL JUNCTIONS BETWEEN PORTLAND OREGON AND SALEM OREGON, DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION USING SIGNALLING CREWS AND DEVICES TO SLOW TRAFFIC IN THE AFFECTED AREAS; INTERSTATE 205 IS FLOODED AND SLOW TRAFFIC REPORT BETWEEN NEAR MILE MARKER 16 NORTHBOUND AND MILE MARKER 21 SOUTHBOUND; MANY LOCAL ROADS AND BRIDGES ALSO CLOSED. 
D. FLOODING IN MANY NEIGHBORHOODS IS CAUSING DAMAGE TO HOUSING AND ACCESS ROADS INTO/OUT OF FLOODED NEIGHBORHOODS. MAY REQUIRE RELOCATION EFFORTS AS RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL AND IS FORECAST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
E. OPERATIONAL WITH MINOR OPERATIONAL OUTAGES IN WORST AFFECTED AREAS.
F. COMM LINES ARE INTEMITTENTLY OUT OF SERVICE. THIS ALSO DEALYED THIS REPORT BY OVER ONE HOUR.
G. DIRECT OBSERVATION 311501Z JAN 03; KEX 1190 RADIO 311510Z JAN 03; KPTV 12 NEWS 311515Z JAN 03; ODOT ALERT NETWORK 311522Z JAN 03; PORTLAND ECOM CENTER (PHONE) 311530Z JAN 03; NWS WEATHER ALERT RADIO KIG-98 162.455 MHZ 311536Z JAN 03;
H. ALL OREGON AND SW WASHIGNTON STATIONS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO STEP IN WHEN/IF DARK DAY, TALL WATER, LOST COMM SITUATIONS OCCUR AS THE STORMS CONTINUE. SEVERAL LOCAL AGENCIES HAVE INQUIRED AS TO AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE AS 800 MHZ RADIOS AND CELL PHONES ARE ALREADY BEGIN TO OVERLOAD WITH ACTIVITY. 
ACTUAL INCIDENT
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