Flash Flood Watch in effect for Coachella Valley and surrounding areas
The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch for the Coachella Valley and it’s surrounding mountain areas. It will remain in effect until Sunday evening at 8 pm.
The full text from the National Weather Service is copied below:
FLOOD WATCHNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA443 AM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014…THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN TODAY AND THIS EVENING COULD PRODUCEFLASH FLOODING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS….A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING FROM BAJA CALIFORNIA INTO SOUTHERNCALIFORNIA WILL CREATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION.SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS WILLGENERATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL…AND COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST WIDESPREAD IN THE AFTERNOON…BUT SOMETHUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT. THERE IS SOMETHREAT OF HEAVY RAIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS WELL…ANDTHE FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND SATURDAYEVENING.CAZ055-056-058-060>062-022100-/O.CON.KSGX.FF.A.0004.140802T1600Z-140803T0600Z//00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-443 AM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014…FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM PDT THIS MORNINGTHROUGH THIS EVENING…THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR* A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS…COACHELLA VALLEY… RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS…SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS… SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS.* FROM 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING* THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS SATURDAY AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE HEAVY RAIN OCCURS.* HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE RUNOFF THAT COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODS…ESPECIALLY ALONG MOUNTAIN STREAMS…DESERT WASHES AND RECENTLY BURNED AREAS.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEADTO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTIONSHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.&&$$JJT
