Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
146 PM PST SAT NOV 19 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR RECENT BURN AREAS IN THE SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY MOUNTAINS FOR SUNDAY NIGHT...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT BRINGING WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS...SOME
WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL...ALONG WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING WITH MUD
AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN RECENT BURN AREAS...THE BLUE CUT FIRE BURN
AREA NEAR THE CAJON PASS...AND THE PILOT FIRE BURN AREA NEAR
SILVERWOOD LAKE.

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SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRESTLINE...LAKE ARROWHEAD...
BIG BEAR CITY...BIG BEAR LAKE...RUNNING SPRINGS...WRIGHTWOOD
146 PM PST SAT NOV 19 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT

* A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUNDAY NIGHT
WILL BRING PERIODS OF SHOWERS SUNDAY EVENING INTO LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE
POSSIBLE. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

* IN ADDITION TO FLASH FLOODING...RAINFALL COULD CAUSE DEBRIS
FLOWS IN THE BLUE CUT AND PILOT BURN AREAS ACCORDING TO
THRESHOLDS PROVIDED BY THE USGS. AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE THE
CAJON PASS AND AREAS NEAR SILVERWOOD LAKE. FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION ON DEBRIS FLOW HAZARDS...VISIT THE FOLLOWING USGS
WEBSITE AT (HTTP://NHSS.CR.USGS.GOV/)

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

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