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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA

939 PM PST SUN MAR 5 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 1045 PM PST



* AT 941 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED   

  TO INDICATE A PERSISTENT AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN      

  SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL AT THE RATE OF ONE HALF  

  INCH TO ONE INCH PER HOUR IN THIS AREA. A RAIN GAGE AT BEN LOMOND  

  HAS INDICATED THAT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST  

  THREE HOURS. RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING  

  AND MUDSLIDES.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOULDER    

  CREEK...BEN LOMOND...BONNY DOON...DAVENPORT...AND THE WEST SIDE OF 

  THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN LOW LYING AREAS WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS 

SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO 

NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN 

DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3719 12216 3721 12214 3724 12214 3723 12210

      3710 12202 3694 12204 3701 12219 3707 12225

      3718 12229



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