Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
121 PM PDT WED OCT 26 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR AREAS IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF RECENT BURN
SCARS IN THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...

.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING PLENTIFUL MOISTURE INTO THE
REGION LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS COULD RESULT IN
HEAVY ENOUGH RAINFALL RATES OVER THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
MOUNTAIN COASTAL SLOPES FOR DEBRIS FLOWS AND MUDSLIDES TO OCCUR
WITHIN AND DOWNSTREAM OF RECENT BURN SCARS...SUCH AS THE BLUE CUT
BURN SCAR IN THE CAJON PASS. THERE IS ALSO THE CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WOULD BRING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DIMINISH LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING.

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SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRESTLINE...LAKE ARROWHEAD...
BIG BEAR CITY...BIG BEAR LAKE...RUNNING SPRINGS...WRIGHTWOOD
121 PM PDT WED OCT 26 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...AREAS WITHIN AND DOWNSTREAM OF
RECENT BURN SCARS IN THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS.

* FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* RAINFALL RATES OF A HALF INCH PER HOUR OR 1 INCH IN 3 HOURS
COULD OCCUR OVER RECENT BURN SCARS IN THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
MOUNTAINS DUE TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS COULD RESULT IN DBERIS FLOWS AND MUDSLIDES
WITHIN AND DOWNSTREAM OF RECENT BURN SCARS...SUCH AS THE BLUE
CUT FIRE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THERE IS A THREAT OF DEBRIS FLOWS...ESPECIALLY IN AND BELOW
BURNED AREAS. ALL RESIDENTS LIVING ON OR NEAR HILLSIDES OR
MOUNTAIN SLOPES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE DEBRIS FLOWS.
DEBRIS FLOWS MAY OCCUR AT ANY TIME...EVEN DURING PERIODS WITH
LITTLE OR NO RAIN FALLING.

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

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HARRISON