FLASH FLOOD WATCH

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FLASH FLOOD WATCH 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
742 AM PST TUE MAR 28 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR ALL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...

.AN APPROACHING PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...
LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY. LIGHT RAIN HAS BEGUN IN MANY
AREAS AND WILL INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN TURN TO SHOWERS
WITH THE SNOW LEVEL LOWERING TO NEAR 5500 FEET WEDNESDAY.
RAINFALL TOTALS SHOULD RANGE FROM THREE QUARTERS TO TWO INCHES IN
THE COASTAL AREAS AND VALLEYS...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES ON THE
SOUTHWEST FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND ABOUT ONE HALF INCH IN THE
DESERTS. GENERALLY MORE RAIN IN THE NORTHWEST AREAS AND LESS IN
SAN DIEGO COUNTY. THERE COULD ALSO BE HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF A
THIRD TO TWO THIRDS OF AN INCH PER HOUR TONIGHT. FLOODING...MUD
SLIDES... ROCK SLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AND BELOW RECENTLY BURNED AREAS AND ON
STEEP TERRAIN.

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ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
742 AM PST TUE MAR 28 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF CA AND SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CA...SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS IN
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS...COACHELLA
VALLEY...ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS...RIVERSIDE COUNTY
MOUNTAINS...SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...SAN BERNARDINO
AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE...SAN DIEGO
COUNTY COASTAL AREAS...SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS...SAN DIEGO
COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS.

* FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

* RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...TURNING TO SHOWERS WEDNESDAY
WITH THE SNOW LEVEL LOWERING TO NEAR 5500 FEET.

* FLASH FLOODING...MUD SLIDES...ROCK SLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOW WILL
BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AND BELOW RECENTLY BURNED AREAS
AND ON STEEP TERRAIN.

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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ATKIN






EDIS-03-28-06 0743 PST