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WGUS56 KSGX 092339

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

436 PM PDT TUE AUG 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RIVERSIDE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PALM SPRINGS...PALM DESERT...INDIO...

  CATHEDRAL CITY...BANNING



* UNTIL 630 PM PDT



* AT 435 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF          

  CATHEDRAL CITY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH PRODUCING    

  FLASH FLOODING.



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

  ROSA MOUNTAIN...SAN JACINTO PEAK...LAKE HEMET...ANZA...RANCHO

  MIRAGE...PALM DESERT COUNTRY...LA QUINTA...DESERT HOT SPRINGS...

  COACHELLA AND BERMUDA DUNES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3342 11673 3342 11604 3354 11608 3353 11595

      3381 11605 3391 11625 3402 11636 3402 11690

      3399 11695



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