Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS San Diego, CA

Issued

Oct 20, 2004, 10:38 AM PDT (17:38 UTC)

Expired

Oct 20, 2004, 1:00 PM PDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS San Diego, CA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, San Diego County, CA

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WGUS56 KSGX 201745
FFWSGX
CAC065-071-073-202000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1038 AM PDT WED OCT 20 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TEMECULA...PERRIS...MORENO VALLEY...
  LAKE ELSINORE...HEMET...BANNING
  
  SOUTH CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FOREST FALLS...YUCAIPA...REDLANDS
  
  SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VISTA...SPRING VALLEY...SANTEE...SAN
  MARCOS...SAN DIEGO...POWAY...OCEANSIDE...NATIONAL CITY...LEMON
  GROVE...LAKESIDE...LA MESA...FALLBROOK...ESCONDIDO...ENCINITAS...EL
  CAJON...CHULA VISTA...CARLSBAD

* UNTIL 100 PM PDT

* AT 1030 AM PDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH 
ABOUT AN INCH OR MORE NEAR THE COAST IN THE LAST HOUR. THE HEAVY 
RAIN WAS MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTH PART OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY WITH SOME 
IN EASTERN INLAND VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO 
COUNTY AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY. THE FRONT WAS SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 
15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WARNER SPRINGS...THE WILD ANIMAL PARK...SANTA ROSA PLATEAU...SAN
  JACINTO PEAK...SAN GORGONIO MOUNTAIN...SAGE...RANCHO BERNARDO...
  RANCHITA...POTRERO...PAUMA VALLEY...PALOMAR MOUNTAIN...OAK GROVE...
  MOUNT LAGUNA...MIRA MESA...MIRAMAR...LUCERNE VALLEY...LAKE
  HENSHAW...LAKE HEMET...DULZURA...DESCANSO...CUYAMACA PEAK...
  CAMPO...BOULEVARD...ANZA...WILDOMAR...VALLE VISTA...SUN CITY...
  SOLANA BEACH...SAN JACINTO...SAN DIEGO COUNTRY ESTATES...RANCHO SAN
  DIEGO...RAMONA...MENTONE...LAKELAND VILLAGE...EAST HEMET...DEL
  MAR...CHERRY VALLEY...CANYON LAKE...CAMP PENDLETON SOUTH...CAMP
  PENDLETON NORTH...CALIMESA...BOSTONIA...BONITA...BIG BEAR LAKE...
  BIG BEAR CITY...BEAUMONT AND ALPINE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 3293 11736 3278 11718 3259 11713 3260 11653
      3262 11621 3283 11634 3319 11647 3339 11659
      3347 11657 3394 11664 3399 11650 3408 11647
      3447 11645 3461 11695 3366 11735 3339 11754

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WHITLOW

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.