FLASH FLOOD WATCH

FLASH FLOOD WATCH
(Full Product)

WGUS66 KSGX 252119
FFASGX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
119 PM PST TUE NOV 25 2008

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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-
119 PM PST TUE NOV 25 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM PST THIS EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...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...SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS AND SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS.

* FROM 6 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

* A STORM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL BRING PERIODS OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING.
THE SNOW LEVEL WILL START OUT QUITE HIGH AND THEN LOWER TO
ABOUT 6500 FEET BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SO MOST OF THE
PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS RAIN. THIS WILL MAKE FLASH FLOODING
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AND BELOW RECENTLY BURNED AREAS AND
NEAR STEEP TERRAIN.

MORE INFORMATION FROM THE USGS ON DEBRIS FLOWS AND THEIR IMPACTS
CAN BE FOUND AT HTTP://NHSS.CR.USGS.GOV/

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.




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