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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

745 AM PST MON FEB 21 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA

  SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA         

  SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 1000 AM PST



* THROUGH 10 AM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS SOUTHWEST 

CALIFORNIA. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG AND 

WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO...WESTERN 

RIVERSIDE...AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND 

THUNDESTORMS IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HOURLY RAINFALL OF ONE 

HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE. OVER SAN DIEGO COUNTY... 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL THROUGH 9 AM WILL BE OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL 

PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.



MUD SLIDES AND ROCK SLIDES ARE POSSIBLE IN STEEP TERRAIN. 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...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.



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