Sunday, August 25, 2013

[californiadisasters] Flash Flood Warning - SoCal Desert (8/25/13-2:48PM)



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A    * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...    NORTHEASTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...    THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BORREGO SPRINGS AND RANCHITA...    * UNTIL 600 PM PDT    * AT 248 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED    NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY PRODUCING VERY    HEAVY RAINS AND FLASH FLOODING. THIS INCLUDES THE VALLECITO FIRE    COMPLEX BURN AREA NEAR RANCHITA. AREAS OF GREATEST FLOOD RISK ARE    BETWEEN RANCHITA AND BORREGO SPRINGS...AND NEAR CANEBRAKE. AFTER    315 PM...BORREGO PALM CANYON WILL LIKELY RECEIVE SUDDEN RISES IN    WATER.    * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHELTER    VALLEY...BANNER...AGUA CALIENTE HOT SPRINGS AND CANEBRAKE.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    WATERSHEDS BURNED IN 2012 WITHIN THE WILSON FIRE BURN AREA OF THE  VALLECITO LIGHTNING COMPLEX ARE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH  FLOODS AND DEBRIS FLOWS FROM THIS RAINSTORM. ROADS...TRAILS...AND  CAMPGROUNDS LOCATED ALONG DRAINAGES WITHIN OR BELOW THE BURNED BASINS  CAN BE IMPACTED BY FLASH FLOODS AND DEBRIS FLOWS. FOR MORE  INFORMATION ON POST-FIRE DEBRIS FLOWS AND WHAT TO DO IF YOU LIVE NEAR  A RECENTLY BURNED AREA...GO TO LANDSLIDES.USGS.GOV/RESEARCH/WILDFIRE/    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.    EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL  CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE  BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.    &&    LAT...LON 3339 11660 3341 11631 3315 11616 3273 11610        3273 11631 3304 11656  
Source: NWS San Diego


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