401  
WGUS55 KPSR 172159  
FFWPSR  
CAC065-180100-  
/O.NEW.KPSR.FF.W.0040.250917T2159Z-250918T0100Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ  
259 PM PDT WED SEP 17 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
RIVERSIDE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...  
 
* UNTIL 600 PM PDT.  
 
* AT 259 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.5 INCHES OF  
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE  
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED  
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.  
 
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS  
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR.  
 
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,  
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.  
 
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
CHIRIACO SUMMIT AND COTTONWOOD VISITOR.  
 
COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND AND BLM JOSHUA TREE SOUTH CAMPGROUND.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE  
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED  
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.  
 
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE  
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME  
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR  
CREEKS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3362 11595 3367 11584 3375 11585 3382 11577  
3365 11565 3364 11582 3357 11595  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
 
 
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
The Nexlab AZ Page
The Nexlab CA Page
Main Text Page