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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

923 AM PDT SAT AUG 30 2008



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SAN DIEGO CA-

923 AM PDT SAT AUG 30 2008



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

CENTRAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY...



BETWEEN 600 AM AND 800 AM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 

RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL...OVER ONE INCH...IN THE WARNED AREA.



THIS EXCESSIVE RAIN FELL OVER SOME OF THE SAME AREAS THAT FLOODED 

FIVE DAYS AGO. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND 

DRAINAGES...GRAPEVINE CANYON...SAN FELIPE CREEK...CHUCKWALLA 

WASH...MINE WASH AND VALLECITO WASH. 



THIS AREA IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES OF SAN FELIPE...BORREGO 

SPRINGS...AND SHELTER VALLEY...AND IS LIKELY AFFECTING TRAVEL ON 

HIGHWAY 78...AND COUNTY ROADS S2 AND S3. 



ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING IN FROM THE EAST AROUND 

NOON.  



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN

DIEGO.



LAT...LON 3309 11650 3316 11646 3315 11634 3312 11632

      3308 11644 3304 11649



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