Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 02:45PM
The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Western Imperial County in southeastern California... Riverside County in southern California...
* Until 245 PM PDT.
* At 150 PM PDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 10 miles west of Westmorland to near Imperial, moving north at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include... El Centro, Brawley, Imperial, Salton City, Holtville, Westmorland, Bombay Beach, El Centro Naval Airfield, Calipatria, Slab City, Imperial Hot Mineral Springs, Alamorio, Wiest, Niland, and Heber. This includes the following highways... CA Interstate 8 between mile markers 34 and 54. CA Route 78 between mile markers 6 and 33. CA Route 111 between mile markers 4 and 65.
* AFFECTED AREAS: IMPERIAL, CA ... RIVERSIDE, CA
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Address/Location
City of Indian Wells, CA
44950 Eldorado Dr
Indian Wells, CA 92210
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning