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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

728 AM PST THU FEB 26 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BURN AREAS OF ...

  SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA

 

* UNTIL 930 AM PST



* AT 718 AM PST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER ESCONDIDO...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAN MARCOS. 

  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



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 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.



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 3297 11708 3268 11691 3281 11645 3329 11667

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