Topic: Flash Flooding

[LFWX]

From the US National Weather Service Honolulu & Central Pacific Hurricane Center Facebook page...

"Flash flooding is VERY dangerous. A group decided to climb a waterfall on Maui last week, even though there was a flash flood watch issued for the area. Unfortunately, they did not know about the Flash Flood Watch. Fortunately nobody was killed or seriously injured. It shows just how fast the water can overtake someone and that it does NOT have to be raining where you are to see flooding..."
https://youtu.be/1Csgc6adNaE

[Harryca]

Unfortunately, it happens a lot.  It can be raining cats and dogs miles away from you and turn small streams/rivers into raging torrents with little or no warning and sometimes with deadly results.

This happened just yesterday in SoCal where they are having a lot of flash flooding as the result of blowoff from TS Linda.

•7 NE Yucaipa [San Bernardino Co, CA] FIRE DEPT/RESCUE reports FLASH FLOOD at 8 Sep, 5:05 PM PDT -- *** 1 FATAL *** FLASH FLOOD AT MILL CREEK CROSSING...40 FEET WIDE AND 8 TO 12 INCHES DEEP. THE HEAD OF THE FLASH FLOOD WAS 3 TO 4 FEET DEEP. FROM VICTOR VALLEY NEWS GROUP: FLOOD WATERS OVERTOOK A COUPLE HIKING. AN OFF-DUTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY HEARD THE COUPLE CALLING FOR HELP. HE WAS ABLE TO SAVE THE YOUNG WOMAN, BUT THE MAN WAS SWEPT AWAY. THE BODY OF THE VICTIM, A RANCHO CUCAMONGA MAN IN HIS 20S, WAS FOUND SHORTLY AFTER 7 P.M.