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WGUS56 KSGX 110842

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CAC059-065-071-073-111430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

1240 AM PST TUE JAN 11 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...

  WESTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY-

  SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-



  IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...

  ORANGE COUNTY-

  SAN DIEGO COUNTY-

  

* UNTIL 630 AM PST.



* AT 1240 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED NUMEROUS AND PERSISTENT HEAVY SHOWERS OVER MUCH 

  OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.



THE HEAVY SHOWER ACTVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THE REST OF THE

NIGHT AS VERY MOIST LOW LEVEL FLOW CONTINUES. EVEN STRONGER 

ACTIVITY...WITH THUNDERSTORMS...ARE EXPECTED BY 5 AM.



MUD SLIDES AND ROCK SLIDES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. MUD SLIDES

AND ROCK SLIDES CAN POTENTIALLY TRAP AND KILL PEOPLE CAUGHT IN THEIR

PATH.



RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN AND BELOW RECENTLY BURNED AREAS SHOULD BE

ALERT TO HEAVY MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS WHICH MAY BLOCK ROADS AND

CULVERTS. POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLOODING AND PROPERTY LOSS COULD

RESULT IN AREAS WHERE RUNOFF IS RESTRICTED OR BLOCKED.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3377 11804 3333 11745 3260 11706 3273 11615

      3373 11615 3398 11667 3465 11663 3472 11754

      3399 11769



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