FLOOD WATCH FOR EAST COUNTY AND INLAND AREAS

Printer-friendly versionPrinter-friendly version Share this

 

East County Wildfire & Emergency Alerts

August 2, 2017 (San Diego’s East County)   -- The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch Wednesday morning for San Diego’s inland region that includes the East County communities of La Mesa, El Cajon, Santee, Pine Valley and Julian as well as other inland areas of Escondido, Poway and San Marcos. 

The flood watch is in effect through tonight, with the threat of flash flooding and debris flows greatest in areas burned bare by brush fires. A deluge could bring over an inch an hour to some areas.

"The main focus for areas of heavy rainfall and flash flooding will be over inland areas. However, some of the rain is likely to affect areas closer to the coast as well," the NWS warns.

A flash flood watch means conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding, the weather agency said.

Monsoonal moisture has also brought high humidity and record-breaking rainfall Tuesday, including an inch and a half of rain in Alpine – breaking the prior record of just 0.11 inches. Thunderstorms also resulted in hundreds of lightning strikes and winds up to 70 mph in San Diego County.

Sign up at the top right side of our homepage to receive free wildfire and emergency alerts via email and you can also receive a free weekly newsletter with top news and events. You can also follow EastCountyAlerts on Twitter for brief text messages on your mobile  phone. We recommend all of these since some forms of communication may fail in a region-wide emergency. Stay safe! Sign up today for these free alerts at your work, school, and home email addresses and cell phone numbers.  We thank our generous sponsor, Grossmont Healthcare District, for their support of these alerts.


Error message

Support community news in the public interest! As nonprofit news, we rely on donations from the public to fund our reporting -- not special interests. Please donate to sustain East County Magazine's local reporting and/or wildfire alerts at https://www.eastcountymedia.org/donate to help us keep people safe and informed across our region.