Flash Flood Warning issued for parts of Coachella Valley including La Quinta and Indian Wells
The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for the extreme southwestern portion of the Coachella Valley until Sunday at 2 pm. This includes La Quinta, Indian Wells, Highway 86, Oasis and Highway 74.
Around 11 am Sunday, a strong thunderstorm cell was nearly stationary over the Santa Rosa Mountains and could potentially produce flash flooding on the valley floor.
The full text from the National Weather Service is copied below:
Flash Flood Warning FLASH FLOOD WARNINGCAC065-072100-/O.NEW.KSGX.FF.W.0037.140907T1755Z-140907T2100Z//00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTEDFLASH FLOOD WARNINGNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA1055 AM PDT SUN SEP 7 2014THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… SOUTH CENTRAL RIVERSIDE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA…* UNTIL 200 PM PDT* AT 1048 AM PDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORM NEAR SANTA ROSA MOUNTAIN WHICH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED BY FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY…INCLUDING HIGHWAY 86…OASIS…AND HIGHWAY 74* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANTA ROSA MOUNTAIN…LA QUINTA AND INDIAN WELLS.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THEROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSSSAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.&&LAT…LON 3360 11667 3374 11639 3365 11620 3353 11604 3350 11607 3343 11603 3343 11646$$HARRISON
