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WGUS56 KSGX 151814

FFWSGX

CAC059-152115-

/O.NEW.KSGX.FF.W.0055.081215T1814Z-081215T2115Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

1014 AM PST MON DEC 15 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TUSTIN FOOTHILLS...

  TUSTIN...MISSION VIEJO AND THE SANTIAGO BURN AREA ...



* UNTIL 115 PM PST



* AT 1000 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

HEAVY RAINFALL FALLING ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL PORTIONS OF ORANGE 

COUNTY. RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE EXCEEDED 2 INCHES AT SANTIAGO 

PEAK....AND OVER ONE INCH NEAR THE SANTIAGO BURN AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SILVERADO

  CANYON AND FREMONT CANYON.



THE TOWNS OF SILVERADO AND MODJESKA...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 ROADS TRAVELING UP

SILVERADO CREEK...WILLIAMS CANYON...HARDING CANYON AND MODJESKA

CREEK...AS WELL AS ANY OTHER ROADS WITHIN THE BURNED AREA...

PARTICULARLY WHERE THEY CROSS BURNED DRAINAGES.



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.



LAT...LON 3389 11770 3376 11760 3369 11747 3358 11764

      3374 11787



$$



MORE INFORMATION FROM THE USGS ON DEBRIS FLOWS AND THEIR IMPACTS CAN

BE FOUND AT (HTTP://LANDSLIDES.USGS.GOV/RESEARCH/WILDFIRE/).



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