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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA

430 AM PDT SAT AUG 14 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL RIVERSIDE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PALM SPRINGS...PALM DESERT...

  CATHEDRAL CITY

  THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE VERBANIA BURN AREA ON THE NORTH SLOPES

  OF THE SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS



* UNTIL 600 AM PDT



* AT 425 AM PDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH RAIN RATES GREATER THAN ONE 

  INCH PER HOUR WAS OVER CATHEDRAL CITY. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH

  VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER THE VERBANIA BURN AREA...OR ABOUT 10

  MILES WEST OF PALM SPRINGS. BOTH THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY

  STATIONARY AND WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. 



* THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE CONTINUE 

  TO BE NEAR CATHEDRAL CITY AT 500 AM PDT

  

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.



MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE ON ROADS COVERED BY WATER. IF THREATENED 

BY FLASH FLOODING...EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3401 11673 3382 11678 3370 11663 3373 11631

      3397 11624



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