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WGUS76 KSGX 042326

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

426 PM PDT THU AUG 4 2005



CAC065-050115-

RIVERSIDE CA-

426 PM PDT THU AUG 4 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM PDT FOR RIVERSIDE

COUNTY...



AT 420 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY. FLASH 

FLOODING IS LIKELY FROM THESE STORMS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SAN JACINTO

PEAK...RANCHO MIRAGE...PALM SPRINGS...PALM DESERT COUNTRY...PALM

DESERT...DESERT HOT SPRINGS...CATHEDRAL CITY AND BERMUDA DUNES.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3366 11595 3398 11638 3396 11678 3342 11659



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