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WGUS76 KSGX 092354

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

455 PM PDT TUE AUG 9 2005



CAC071-100100-

SAN BERNARDINO CA-

455 PM PDT TUE AUG 9 2005



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

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...



AT 448 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 10 MILES SOUTHEAST 

OF SAN GORGONIO MOUNTAIN. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

OTHER SHOWERS WERE 15 MILES EAST OF BIG BEAR CITY. MOST OF THE HEAVY 

RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



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.



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 3440 11640 3473 11647 3477 11698 3482 11766

      3418 11763 3419 11733 3411 11709 3401 11705

      3400 11692 3404 11693 3404 11664 3416 11645



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