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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

127 AM PDT TUE OCT 18 2005



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RIVERSIDE CA-

127 AM PDT TUE OCT 18 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 AM PDT FOR CENTRAL

RIVERSIDE COUNTY...



THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM HAS PASSED THROUGH THE AREA TOWARDS THE WEST.

OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN FELL FROM THIS STORM SO SOME STREAMS AND

AND LOW LYING AREAS REMAIN VULNERABLE TO FLOODING OR DEBRIS FLOWS

THOUGH 2 AM. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO CROSS OVER THE AREA

WITHIN THE HOUR...BUT IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AS POTENT.



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.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3345 11616 3344 11599 3357 11599 3374 11618

      3384 11636 3383 11653 3370 11657



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