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CAC059-211700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

645 AM PST MON FEB 21 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 900 AM PST



* AT 640 AM PST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADARS SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF   

SHOWERS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL...AND SCATTERED 

THUNDERSTORMS...JUST OFF THE ORANGE COUNTY COAST. THIS AREA OF 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE ONSHORE THROUGH 8 AM WITH 

MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 

MPH. HOURLY RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE AS 

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ONSHORE. FLASH FLOODING IS 

LIKELY IN SOME LOW LYING AREAS. 



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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.



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