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WGUS76 KSGX 032006

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

1203 PM PST SUN FEB 3 2008



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SAN DIEGO CA-

1203 PM PST SUN FEB 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM PST FOR NORTH

CENTRAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY...



AT 1156 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.

RAINFALL RATES OF OVER ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR CONTINUED OVER THE 

POOMACHA BURN AREA. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PALOMAR 

MOUNTAIN AND THE LA JOLLA INDIAN RESERVATION. 



THE TOWNS OF PAUMA VALLEY, RINCON AND LA JOLLA AMAGO, IN ADDITION TO

OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUILDINGS LOCATED ALONG DRAINAGES WITHIN OR

BELOW ANY OF THE BURNED BASINS, CAN BE IMPACTED BY DEBRIS FLOWS.



DEBRIS FLOWS ISSUING FROM BURNED BASINS CAN IMPACT HIGHWAY 76 (ALSO

KNOWN AS PALA ROAD), PARADISE CREEK ROAD, SOUTH GRADE ROAD, AND ANY

OTHER ROADS WITHIN THE BURNED AREA, PARTICULARLY WHERE THEY CROSS

BURNED DRAINAGES.



HIGHWAY 76 NORTH OF THE TOWN OF RINCON IS PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO

FLOOD AND DEBRIS FLOW AT CROSSINGS WITH AGUA TIBIA CREEK, FREY CREEK,

PAUMA CREEK, HARRISON CANYON AND SYCAMORE CANYON. HIGHWAY 76 EAST OF

THE INTERSECTION WITH SOUTH GRADE ROAD IS ALSO PARTICULARLY

SUSCEPTIBLE TO DEBRIS FLOWS AND FLOODS WHERE DRAINAGES CROSS THE

HIGHWAY.



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.



RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN AND BELOW RECENTLY BURNED AREAS SHOULD BE

ALERT TO HEAVY MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS WHICH MAY BLOCK ROADS AND

CULVERTS. POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLOODING AND PROPERTY LOSS COULD

RESULT IN AREAS WHERE RUNOFF IS RESTRICTED OR BLOCKED. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AT LEAST AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



LAT...LON 3330 11701 3342 11702 3337 11683 3320 11679

      3321 11699

TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 180DEG 0KT 3329 11690



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