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WGUS76 KSGX 062347

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

445 PM PDT SAT AUG 6 2005



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RIVERSIDE CA-

445 PM PDT SAT AUG 6 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM PDT FOR WESTERN

RIVERSIDE COUNTY...



AT 440 PM PDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DIMINISHED OVER 

RIVERSIDE COUNTY. HOWEVER...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE RECENT LOCALLY 

HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOOD PROBLEMS TO LINGER FOR A 

FEW HOURS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AREAS.  



SOME LOCATIONS WHERE FLOODING WAS REPORTED OR LIKELY OCCURRED 

INCLUDE: DESERT HOT SPRINGS JUST OUTSIDE OF PALM SPRINGS...THE SAN 

GORGONIO PASS AREA NEAR BANNING AND CABAZON...AND THE INLAND EMPIRE 

NEAR PERRIS AND HEMET. 



NEAR CABAZON...CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED A MUD OR ROCK 

SLIDE AT SEMINOLE DRIVE JUST EAST OF CASINO MORONGO. 



FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING 

IN THE AFFECTED AREAS. 



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 3343 11611 3391 11622 3403 11650 3403 11692

      3400 11692 3400 11735 3372 11747 3342 11696



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