037  
WGUS46 KSGX 302017  
FLWSGX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA  
117 PM PDT SAT MAR 30 2024  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO CA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CALIFORNIA...  
 
SAN DIEGO RIVER AT FASHION VALLEY AFFECTING SAN DIEGO COUNTY.  
 
FOR THE SAN DIEGO RIVER...INCLUDING FASHION VALLEY...MINOR FLOODING  
IS FORECAST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE  
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THIS EVENING AT 1000 PM PDT.  
 

 
 
CAC073-310500-  
/O.NEW.KSGX.FL.W.0005.240331T0600Z-240401T0300Z/  
/FSNC1.1.ER.240331T0600Z.240331T0800Z.240401T0300Z.NO/  
117 PM PDT SAT MAR 30 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO TOMORROW EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...SAN DIEGO RIVER AT FASHION VALLEY.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO TOMORROW EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 7.5 FEET, ACTION STAGE. THE FIRST REAL IMPACTS ARE  
SEEN ON THE SAN DIEGO RIVER AT THIS LEVEL. LOW LYING ROADS IN AND  
AROUND FASHION VALLEY MALL BEGIN TO TAKE ON WATER. AVENIDA DEL RIO  
IS THE FIRST ROAD TO BEGIN FLOODING.  
AT 9.0 FEET, MORE EXTENSIVE LOW LYING ROAD FLOODING BEGINS IN AND  
AROUND FASHION VALLEY INCLUDING FASHION VALLEY ROAD. PARKING  
STRUCTURES IN AND AROUND FASHION VALLEY MALL CAN BEGIN TO TAKE ON  
WATER AT THE LOWEST LEVELS.  
AT 10.0 FEET, MORE EXTENSIVE FLOODING BEGINS AT THIS LEVEL, MORE  
THAN JUST LOW LYING AREAS. FASHION VALLEY MALL PARKING GARAGE IS  
TAKING ON WATER AT THE LOWER LEVELS, WITH 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER IN  
THE GARAGE. WATER ON THE TOWN AND COUNTRY HOTEL PARKING LOT  
ADJACENT TO THE RIVER AND USGS GAGE.  
AT 11.0 FEET, THE PARKING GARAGES IN FASHION VALLEY MALL CAN HAVE  
UP TO 3 FEET OF WATER ON THE LOWEST LEVELS. WATER MAY BEGIN TO  
SURROUND AREA HOTELS SUCH AS THE RIVER LEAF INN. THE MISSION  
TROLLEY STATION ON WARD ROAD MAY BEGIN TO FLOOD. FLOODING BEGINS  
ON CAMINO DE LA REINA (UNDER HIGHWAY 163).  
AT 12.0 FEET, EVEN MORE EXTENSIVE ROAD FLOODING OCCURS IN AND  
AROUND MISSION VALLEY. QUALCOMM WAY, CAMINO DEL ESTE, WARD ROAD,  
AND MISSION GORGE RD FLOODED. MISSION TROLLEY STATION FLOODED AND  
MAY CLOSE DUE TO FLOWING WATER. I-5 ON AND OFF RAMPS FLOODED AT  
THE SAN DIEGO RIVER AND PACIFIC HIGHWAY. MISSION CENTER ROAD MAY  
BEGIN FLOODING WITH DEBRIS ON RAILINGS. FASHION VALLEY TROLLEY  
STATION SURROUNDED BY WATER. 2 FEET OF WATER FLOWING OVER FASHION  
VALLEY ROAD ACROSS GATES. OLD GOLF COURSE HAS BEEN FLOODED AT THIS  
LEVEL.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 12:59 PM PDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.4 FEET AND RISING.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS  
EVENING TO 10.1 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL  
THEN REMAIN NEAR FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THROUGH  
MUCH OF SUNDAY AS WELL. THE RIVER WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD  
STAGE TOMORROW EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.  
- HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3279 11726 3291 11690 3285 11686 3273 11716  
3273 11727  
 

 
 
ADAMS  
 
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