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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

800 PM PDT SUN OCT 16 2005



CAC073-170430-

SAN DIEGO CA-

800 PM PDT SUN OCT 16 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM PDT FOR EAST CENTRAL

SAN DIEGO COUNTY...



AT 742 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF OCOTILLO 

WELLS TO 16 MILES WEST OF OCOTILLO WELLS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 

MPH.



FLOOD WATERS ARE LIKELY MOVING DOWN COYOTE CREEK AND SAN FELIPE 

CREEK. 



RESIDENTS AND CAMPERS IN AND AROUND BORREGO SPRINGS AND OCTILLO 

WELLS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE 

FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER 

BEGINS RISING.



MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY S22 BETWEEN SAN FELIPE AND SALTON 

CITY...AND HIGHWAY 78 BETWEEN JULIAN AND HIGHWAY 86 WILL LIKELY 

ENCOUNTER FLOODING. MUDSLIDES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ALONG SAN 

FELIPE ROAD.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS WATER COVERED DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 



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 3339 11608 3300 11609 3309 11651 3340 11647



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