997  
WGUS65 KPSR 100437  
FFAPSR  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ  
937 PM PDT FRI OCT 9 2026  
 
CAZ560-561-568-102100-  
/O.NEW.KPSR.FA.A.0009.261011T0000Z-261012T0000Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
JOSHUA TREE NP WEST-JOSHUA TREE NP EAST-CHIRIACO SUMMIT-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LOST HORSE-KEYS VILLAGE, CHIRIACO SUMMIT,  
AND COTTONWOOD VISITOR  
937 PM PDT FRI OCT 9 2026  
 
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
AREAS, CHIRIACO SUMMIT, JOSHUA TREE NP EAST AND JOSHUA TREE NP  
WEST.  
 
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE FLOODED.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM RACHEL WILL LEAD TO MULTIPLE  
ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH  
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH  
LOCALIZED RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE  
AT TIMES, WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION  
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.  
 
 
 
 
 
GL  
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