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WGUS75 KPSR 012356

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

449 PM MST SAT SEP 1 2007



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SAN BERNARDINO CA-RIVERSIDE CA-

449 PM PDT SAT SEP 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM PDT FOR NORTH

CENTRAL RIVERSIDE AND SOUTH CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES...



AT 441 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING A 

DECREASING TREND TO THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAR WESTERN JOSHUA TREE 

NATIONAL PARK. HOWEVER...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED...

WITH DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATING OVER AN INCH AND A HALF TO HAVE 

FALLEN. 



THIS RAIN...COMBINED WITH THAT WHICH FELL YESTERDAY IS MOST LIKELY 

RESULTING IN FLOWING STREAMS AND WASHES...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE OUT 

OF THEIR BANKS. THEREFORE...HIKERS...CAMPERS AND OFF-ROAD 

ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD STILL MAINTAIN CAUTION. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3408 11643 3407 11627 3412 11626 3412 11614

      3389 11617 3392 11620 3392 11631 3393 11632

      3396 11641

TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 180DEG 0KT 3400 11630



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