Flash Flood Warning in effect for parts of high desert
The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning until 5:30 pm Saturday for Twentynine Palms and Joshua Tree.
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Flash Flood Warning FLASH FLOOD WARNINGCAC071-270030-/O.NEW.KVEF.FF.W.0038.140726T2230Z-140727T0030Z//00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTEDFLASH FLOOD WARNINGNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV330 PM PDT SAT JUL 26 2014THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… SOUTH CENTRAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA…* UNTIL 530 PM PDT* AT 327 PM PDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR JOSHUA TREE LAKE CAMPGROUND…OR 7 MILES WEST OF TWENTYNINE PALMS. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… JOSHUA TREE LAKE CAMPGROUND…HIGHWAY 62 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 30.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN WASHES…LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND ONROADS. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER…MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TOCROSS A FLOODED ROAD OR ENTER A FLOOD CHANNEL. TURN AROUND…DONTDROWN!REPORT FLOODING TO THE LAS VEGAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIAFACEBOOK OR TWITTER.&&LAT…LON 3423 11630 3423 11608 3412 11608 3412 11630$$MORGAN
