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WGUS76 KSTO 042155

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA

255 PM PDT TUE APR 4 2006



CAC005-009-099-050030-

STANISLAUS CA-AMADOR CA-CALAVERAS CA-

255 PM PDT TUE APR 4 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM PDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN

CALAVERAS...WESTERN AMADOR AND NORTHEASTERN STANISLAUS COUNTIES...



AT 245 PM PDT...RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE A SLOW MOVING LINE OF 

HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTHWARD FROM WESTERN 

AMADOR COUNTY INTO THE SAN ANDREAS AREA.



WHILE INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP AND 

MOVE TO THE NORTH AT 35 MPH...THE LINE IS ONLY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 

ABOUT 10 MPH. THEREFORE...HEAVY RAIN IS REPEATED MOVING OVER THE 

SAME AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

SINCE 1130 AM OVER A LARGE AREA OF WESTERN CALAVERAS AND 

NORTHEASTERN STANISLAUS COUNTIES.



THE CHP AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS ROAD 

CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING AND ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN THE WARNING AREA. 

FLOODING OF HOMES AND ONGOING EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AROUND 

THE SAN ANDREAS AREA.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN 

AROUND...DON/T DROWN



LAT...LON 3846 12095 3747 12079 3758 12052 3783 12062

      3849 12065



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