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WGUS56 KSGX 042151

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CAC065-042300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

251 PM PDT TUE SEP 4 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL RIVERSIDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INDIO...



* UNTIL 400 PM PDT



* AT 242 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RANCHO     

  MIRAGE...PALM DESERT AND COACHELLA.



DEBRIS FLOWS...INCLUDING MUD AND ROCK SLIDES...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS

STORM. MUD SLIDES AND ROCK SLIDES CAN POTENTIALLY TRAP AND KILL

PEOPLE CAUGHT IN THEIR PATH.



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.



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 TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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 3359 11663 3375 11661 3383 11633 3371 11611

      3351 11609 3345 11624 3344 11657

TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 180DEG 0KT 3350 11646



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