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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

832 PM PDT MON AUG 1 2005



CAC073-020445-

SAN DIEGO CA-

832 PM PDT MON AUG 1 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM PDT FOR EASTERN SAN

DIEGO COUNTY...



AT 825 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE MOUNTAINS 

AND DESERTS OF EASTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OCOTILLO 

WELLS...RANCHITA...AGUA CALIENTE SPRINGS...OCOTILLO WELLS...AND 

CAMPO. 



THE LARGEST STORM WAS ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF BORREGO SPRINGS...AND 

WILL AFFECT CREEKS FLOWING INTO THE BORREGO SPRINGS AREA. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



LAT...LON 3342 11613 3342 11650 3262 11636 3263 11612



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