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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

800 AM PDT SAT AUG 30 2008



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SAN DIEGO CA-

800 AM PDT SAT AUG 30 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM PDT FOR EAST

CENTRAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY...



AT 744 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 600 AM PDT FROM THUNDERSTORMS 

MOVING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.



THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...

GRAPEVINE CANYON...SAN FELIPE CREEK...CHUCKWALLA WASH...MINE WASH AND

VALLECITO WASH.



THOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE WEST AROUND 20 MPH AND RAIN 

WILL TEMPORARILY END OVER THE WARNED AREA...FLOOD WATERS WILL LIKELY 

BE MOVING DOWN THESE CREEKS UNTIL 1045 AM. HIGHWAY 78 AND COUNTY 

ROADS S2 AND S3 BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES OF SAN FELIPE...SHELTER 

VALLEY...AND BORREGO SPRINGS WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED WITH 

WATER...MUD...AND DEBRIS MOVING OVER THE ROADS AND POSSIBLE WASHOUTS 

NEAR CREEK CROSSINGS. THIS AREA INCLUDES SCISSORS CROSSING AND THE 

NARROWS FURTHER DOWNSTREAM ALONG SAN FELIPE CREEK.



THE SAME AREA WAS RECENTLY FOLLOWED LAST MONDAY AND THE STREAM 

CHANNELS ARE LIKELY MUCH SHALLOWER FROM SILT AND FLOODING MAY BE 

MORE EXTENSIVE. 



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.



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 3309 11650 3316 11646 3315 11634 3312 11632

      3308 11644 3304 11649



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