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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ

439 PM PDT TUE SEP 4 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN IMPERIAL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PLASTER CITY...OCOTILLO...



* UNTIL 645 PM PDT.



* AT 435 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 SEELEY...

  DIXIELAND...AND COYOTE WELLS. IN ADDITION...COYOTE WASH...PALM

  CANYON WASH...YUHA WASH...AN OTHER SMALL WASHES FLOWING INTO NEW

  RIVER CAN BE EXPECTED TO BE RUNNING. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF

  UNBRIDGED CROSSINGS AFFECTING SUCH ROADWAYS AS STATE ROUTE 80 AND

  STATE ROUTE 98.



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.



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 3293 11587 3298 11556 3265 11559 3263 11572

      3263 11585 3262 11586 3262 11594 3276 11603

TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 180DEG 0KT 3271 11571



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