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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

1155 PM PST SUN FEB 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE 



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF POWAY



* UNTIL 200 AM PST



* AT 1146 PM PST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FROM 6 MILES EAST OF DEL MAR TO 6 MILES WEST OF TECATE...OR

  FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ENCINITAS TO 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRING

  VALLEY...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  OVER DESCANSO...3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CUYAMACA PEAK...3 MILES SOUTH

  OF SAN DIEGO COUNTRY ESTATES...4 MILES SOUTH OF RAMONA AT 200 AM

  PST



MUD SLIDES AND ROCK SLIDES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. MUD SLIDES

AND ROCK SLIDES CAN POTENTIALLY TRAP AND KILL PEOPLE CAUGHT IN THEIR

PATH. MUD SLIDES CAN ALSO CAUSE FLOODING WHERE RUNOFF IS RESTRICTED

OR BLOCKED.



RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN AND BELOW RECENTLY BURNED AREAS OF THE 

CEDAR FIRE AND THE OTAY FIRE 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

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. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



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LAT...LON 3296 11736 3286 11691 3245 11679 3257 11632

          3298 11644 3308 11689

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