WEATHER ALERT 6:35 P.M. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL IMPERIAL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...IMPERIAL...EL CENTRO...CALEXICO... BRAWLEY... * UNTIL 915 PM PDT * AT 610 PM PDT...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WHICH FELL EARLIER IN THE DAY HAS CAUSED THE CLOSURE OF NUMEROUS ROADS IN THE AREA...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 78 EAST OF BRAWLEY. TRAVEL AROUND THE CALEXICO...EL CENTRO...BRAWLEY...AND GLAMIS AREAS MAY BE DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE THIS EVENING DUE TO FLOODING. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS... HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 01:51:19 +0000