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WGUS75 KPSR 100310

FFSPSR



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

808 PM MST TUE AUG 9 2005



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IMPERIAL CA-

808 PM MST TUE AUG 9 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM MST FOR IMPERIAL

COUNTY...



AT 750 PM MST...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD 

MOVED FURTHER SOUTHEAST OF CALIPATRIA...STATE ROUTE 78 AND IMPERIAL. 

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL 

RATES EXCEEDING TWO INCHES PER HOUR WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...MAINLY 

NEAR GORDONS WELL AND ALONG INTERSTATE 8 WEST OF YUMA.   



TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS IN IMPERIAL...BRAWLEY AND CALIPATRIA 

REPORTED WIDE SPREAD STREET FLOODING AND ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO 

FLOODING IN THESE COMMUNITIES...INCLUDING STATE ROUTE 86 TO BORREGO 

SPRINGS...AND STATE ROUTE 78 EAST TO WINTERHAVEN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

OF WASHES AND LOW LYING AREAS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS... 

ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAYS AND RURAL ROADS.



LAT...LON 3266 11576 3273 11479 3288 11466 3309 11473 3343 11476 

3323 11571



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