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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

1200 PM PDT TUE AUG 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FOREST FALLS...YUCAIPA



* UNTIL 400 PM PDT



* AT 1158 AM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR        

  INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR SAN GORGONIO         

  MOUNTAIN...OR NEAR FOREST FALLS. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO      

  BIG BEAR LAKE AND BIG BEAR CITY.



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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3423 11664 3437 11706 3432 11732 3422 11736

      3414 11706 3401 11705 3400 11692 3404 11693

      3404 11664



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