Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
326 AM PST FRI DEC 23 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS BELOW
6000 FEET FOR TONIGHT...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO BRING
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUING
SATURDAY. HEAVIER RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...CONTINUING THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN
DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
WITH MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS...ESPECIALLY IN RECENT BURN AREAS.

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SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRESTLINE...LAKE ARROWHEAD...
BIG BEAR CITY...BIG BEAR LAKE...RUNNING SPRINGS...WRIGHTWOOD
326 AM PST FRI DEC 23 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT BELOW 6000
FEET...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREA...SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS BELOW 6000 FEET.

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* DEBRIS FLOWS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE RECENT BURN AREAS INCLUDING THE
"BLUE CUT" AND "PILOT" BURNS SCARS IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
HIGHWAY 38 BELOW THE "LAKE" FIRE BURN SCAR MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE
DEBRIS FLOWS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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