Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
543 AM PDT THU JUL 30 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE MOUNTAINS...DESERTS AND THE INLAND
EMPIRE THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A SIGNIFICANT SURGE OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE AND HIGH INSTABILITY
WILL RESULT IN HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE
MOUNTAINS...DESERTS AND THE INLAND EMPIRE TODAY...WITH THE MOST
LIKELY TIMING BETWEEN ABOUT NOON AND 5 PM. THE THUNDERSTORM AND
FLASH FLOOD THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING.

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SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR BANNING-
543 AM PDT THU JUL 30 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CALIFORNIA...SAN GORGONIO PASS NEAR
BANNING. IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS...
COACHELLA VALLEY...RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS...SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE
COUNTY VALLEYS- THE INLAND EMPIRE...SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS
AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS.

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* PLENTIFUL MONSOON MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BRING A
SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING LATER
TODAY. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS BEFORE GRADUALLY DECLINING.

* RECENT BURN SCARS WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH
FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS. BE ALERT FOR ISSUANCE OF FLASH FLOOD
WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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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