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WGUS75 KPSR 242008

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

103 PM MST SUN JUL 24 2005



CAC065-071-242045-

SAN BERNARDINO CA-RIVERSIDE CA-

103 PM MST SUN JUL 24 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 PM MST FOR NORTH CENTRAL

RIVERSIDE AND SOUTH CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES...INCLUDING ALL 

OF JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK...



AT 1256 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER JOSHUA TREE 

NATIONAL PARK. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL 

CONTINUE...WITH STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.  



FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED 

DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A 

FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER 

MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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.



LAT...LON 3394 11633 3386 11596 3411 11611 3402 11642



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