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Live/Severe Alerts/Flash Flood Warning

Warning

Flash Flood Warning

Orange, CA

Until Oct 11, 7:00 AM PDT

Flash flooding radar indicated
ORANGESan ClementeSan Juan CapistranoDana PointLadera RanchCoto de CazaRancho Mission Viejo20 MI
ORANGESan ClementeSan Juan CapistranoLadera Ranch10 MI
Map of the Flash Flood Warning over Orange County, with the area it draws around the storm. Drawn on the national sheet; the scale is at its foot.
In force from
Oct 11, 4:02 AM PDT
Until
Oct 11, 7:00 AM PDT
Issued
Oct 11, 4:02 AM PDT
Office
San Diego, CA
Number
13 of its kind from this office this year
Severity
Severe, Immediate, Likely
Where
CA

The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... Southeastern Orange County in southwestern California...

* Until 700 AM PDT.

* At 402 AM PDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain falling across the warned area. Up to 1 inch of rain has fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.5 to 1 inch in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

Hazard
Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.
Source
Radar and automated gauges.
Impact
Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... San Clemente, Dana Point, Laguna Niguel, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Juan Capistrano, Las Flores, Ortega Highway and Coto De Caza.

What to do

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.

Places under it San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Dana Point, Ladera Ranch, Coto de Caza, Rancho Mission Viejo, Las Flores

Read the platesFlash flood FB-EVT-100How to read a warning FB-STN-001

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