THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA... SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SAN BERNARDINO...REDLANDS... * UNTIL 130 PM PST * AT 1028 AM PST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED STREET FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR HIGHLAND...OR NEAR REDLANDS. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RUNNING SPRINGS...MUSCOY AND CRESTLINE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.NWS LOS ANGELES/OXNARD
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