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WGUS56 KSTO 311557

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CAC113-312145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA

741 AM PST SAT DEC 31 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN YOLO COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 230 PM PST



* AT 830 AM PST...THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES WILL BE OPENING 

THE SACRAMENTO WEIR.  THIS WILL SEND A SURGE OF WATER INTO THE YOLO 

BYPASS DOWNSTREAM OF THE WEIR.  WATER LEVELS WITHIN THE YOLO BYPASS 

WILL RISE RAPIDLY IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.  THE GREATEST 

EFFECTS OF THE INFUSION OF WATER WILL BE FELT ON THE WEST SIDE OF 

THE YOLO BYPASS.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.  A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT 

FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.  PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SURGE 

OF WATER SHOULD MOVE RAPIDLY TO EXIT THE AREA.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR 

BY AUTOMOBILE.



MONITOR LOCAL MEDIA TO STAY ABREAST OF THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION.



LAT...LON 3839 12163 3842 12159 3851 12156 3850 12165



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