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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA

1120 AM PST THU DEC 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 115 PM PST



* DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS...AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED HEAVY

RAIN ACROSS MOST OF MARIN COUNTY. RAIN RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE HALF

INCH PER HOUR HAVE BEEN COMMON.



* THE MARIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS WATER ACROSS HIGHWAY

ONE IN BOLINAS. IN ADDITION...NORTHBOUND 101 AT HIGHWAY ONE AND

AT THE SEMINARY OFFRAMP IS CLOSE DUE TO FLOODING.



* HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. HEAVY

RAINS ON SATURATED SOILS WILL RESULT IN HEAVY RUNOFF AND RAPID RISES

ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY

OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE

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

CROSS SAFELY AND THE ROAD BENEATH MAY NOT BE INTACT. VEHICLES

CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. IT ONLY TAKES

A FOOT OR TWO OF FLOWING WATER TO WASH MOST CARS AWAY. REMEMBER...

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.





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