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BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA

315 AM PST MON DEC 16 2002



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



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NAPA COUNTY



* UNTIL 600 AM PST



* HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING ACROSS NAPA COUNTY FOR THE PAST THREE

HOURS. RAIN RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH

PER HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF

FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF NAPA...INCLUDING:



NAPA CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS

MOST STREETS IN THE CITY OF NAPA ARE UNDER WATER

THE BEHRENS STREET BRIDGE IS UNDER WATER

EVACUATIONS ARE OCCURRING ON BEHRENS STREET



THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING IN NAPA COUNTY

OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NAPA...INCLUDING:



FLOODING ON SAGE CANYON ROAD

FLOODING AT RUTHERFORD ROAD CROSSROADS

FLOODING AT YOUNTVILLE CROSSROADS

MOBILE HOME PARK IN YOUNTVILLE IS UNDER WATER.



VERY STRONG WINDS ACCOMPANYING THIS STORM IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE

ALSO CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREES.



RAINFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER THE MAIN

FRONTAL PASSAGE LATER THIS MORNING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA AND OBSERVE FLOODING...MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS

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. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



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