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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA

200 PM PDT TUE APR 11 2006



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



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 300 PM PDT



* AT 200 PM PDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED RAINFALL RATES OF OVER 0.75 

INCHES PER HOUR FROM A BROAD BAND OF RAIN DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON 

OVER THE WARNED AREA. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE 

NEXT HOUR.



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

  CREEK AND BEN LOMOND.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 AND AVOID THE WATER.



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

IF YOU ARE IN 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 12214 3713 12226 3702 12216 3698 12193

      3707 12193 3721 12206 3725 12214



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