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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA

905 PM PST FRI NOV 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN TUOLUMNE COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SONORA



* UNTIL 300 AM PST



* HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED IN WESTERN TUOLUMNE COUNTY SINCE       

  FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND HAS CAUSED EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN AND AROUND   

  THE SONORA AREA. THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT HAS REPORTED 3 FEET OF   

  WATER IN THE BASEMENT OF THE TUOLUMNE GENERAL HOSPITAL AND MANY     

  ROADS ARE INUNDATED WITH SEVERAL FEET OF WATER. LOCALLY HEAVY 

  RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE AREA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. 



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. OBEY EVACUATION INSTRUCTIONS FROM LAW 

ENFORCEMNT.



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