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WGUS85 KPSR 091803
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CAZ031>033-092202-

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1102 AM MST MON SEP 9 2002

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY POSTED FOR THE
NORTHEAST IMPERIAL AND EASTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY UNTIL 3 PM PDT...

THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
OVER PARTS OF THE CHOCOLATE MOUNTAINS THROUGH NORTHEAST IMPERIAL
COUNTY ON INTO EASTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY INTO THIS AFTERNOON.
RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTER INCH PER HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS.

THE HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 10 IN THE VICINITY OF AND
TO THE WEST OF BLYTHE AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 78 BETWEEN BLYTHE AND
GLAMIS. AT 10 45 AM PDT IT WAS REPORTED THAT FLOODING HAS ALREADY
TAKEN PLACE ON THAT PORTION OF HIGHWAY 78. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAIN FALL MAY ALSO EFFECT THE BLYTHE AREA.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE ROAD FLOODING...
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...AND THE RUNNING OF NORMALLY DRY
WASHES OVER NORTHEAST IMPERIAL AND EASTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTIES
UNTIL 2 PM PDT.

MOTORIST SHOULD AVOID LOW-LYING AREAS...AND NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
FLOODED ROADS.

DKS