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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA

1106 AM PST MON DEC 29 2003



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



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL NAPA COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NAPA



* UNTIL NOON PST



* AT 1059 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO CENTRAL NAPA COUNTY. RAIN RATES OF 

ONE-HALF INCH PER HOUR WILL FALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. OF 

PARTICULAR CONCERN IS NAPA CREEK WHICH FLOWS INTO THE CITY OF NAPA.



RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF NAPA CREEK 

AND SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA. ROADS AND ROADSIDE 

CULVERTS WILL ALSO BECOME FLOODED. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK 

AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN SAN

FRANCISCO BAY AREA.



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