Flash Flood Watch in effect until 9 pm Wednesday
Bands of showers and thunderstorms will move through the Southland through the morning and early afternoon. Thunderstorm chances will continue through the evening.
A Flash Flood Watch has been issued for western Riverside and San Bernardino counties until 9 PM this evening.
The full text warning has been copied below.
Flash Flood Watch
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE VALLEYS…MOUNTAINS…AND DESERTS
THROUGH THIS EVENING…
.AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
TODAY…BRINGING SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
REGION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING…ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS.
FLASH FLOODING MAY BE POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS AS WELL…ESPECIALLY
ALONG THE FOOTHILL 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-
700 AM PDT WED AUG 20 2014
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA…
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…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…SAN
DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS…SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS AND SANTA
ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WHERE
HEAVY RAIN OCCURS AND SOME DISTANCE DOWNSTREAM.
* HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE RUNOFF THAT COULD LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODS…ESPECIALLY ALONG MOUNTAIN STREAMS…DESERT WASHES AND
BELOW RECENTLY BURNED AREAS.
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.
