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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

530 AM PST SUN JAN 27 2008



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SAN BERNARDINO CA-

530 AM PST SUN JAN 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM PST FOR

SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...



AT 530 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AROUND THE WARNED AREA. THE RECENT RAINS 

COMBINED WITH SNOWMELT WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ALONG 

SMALL CREEKS AND NEAR THE RECENT BURNED AREAS. DANGEROUS DEBRIS 

FLOWS...INCLUDING MUD AND ROCK SLIDES...ARE EXPECTED DUE TO THE 

HEAVY RAIN AND SNOWMELT. MUD SLIDES AND ROCK SLIDES CAN POTENTIALLY 

TRAP AND KILL PEOPLE CAUGHT IN THEIR PATH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RUNNING 

SPRINGS...LAKE ARROWHEAD...CRESTLINE...BIG BEAR LAKE AND HESPERIA.



DEBRIS FLOWS ISSUING FROM BASINS BURNED BY THE GRASS VALLEY FIRE CAN

IMPACT SAWMILL ROAD...BRENTWOOD DRIVE...EDGECLIFF ROAD AND ANY OTHER

ROADS WITHIN THE BURNED AREA...PARTICULARLY WHERE THEY CROSS BURNED

DRAINAGES.



DEBRIS FLOWS ISSUING FROM BASINS BURNED BY THE SLIDE FIRE CAN IMPACT

HIGHWAYS 330 AND 18...AND ANY OTHER ROADS WITHIN THE BURNED AREA...

PARTICULARLY WHERE THEY CROSS BURNED DRAINAGES.



THE TOWN OF FAWNSKIN...IN ADDITION TO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AND

BUILDINGS LOCATED ALONG DRAINAGES WITHIN OR BELOW ANY OF THE BURNED

BASINS OF THE BUTLER FIRE CAN BE IMPACTED BY DEBRIS FLOWS.



DEBRIS FLOWS ISSUING FROM BURNED BASINS CAN IMPACT HIGHWAY 38 (ALSO 

KNOWN AS NORTH SHORE DRIVE)...HIGHWAY 18 (ALSO KNOWN AS 

RIM-OF-THE-WORLD DRIVE AND BIG BEAR BOULEVARD)...HOLCOMB CREEK 

ROAD...COXY ROAD...BIG PINE FLAT ROAD...GREENLEAD ROAD...AND ANY 

OTHER ROADS IN THE BURNED AREA...PARTICULARLY WHERE THEY CROSS 

BURNED DRAINAGES.



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.



LAT...LON 3414 11647 3404 11680 3416 11725 3414 11769

      3429 11764 3450 11766 3442 11706 3419 11645

      3417 11645

TIME...MOT...LOC 1323Z 180DEG 0KT 3420 11700



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