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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA

130 PM PDT TUE OCT 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN AMADOR COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA

  EAST CENTRAL EL DORADO COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA



* UNTIL 900 PM PDT



* AT 120 PM PDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN 

AND SNOW OVER THE FREDS AND POWER FIRE BURN AREAS. PERIODS OF 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN  AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 

THIS EVENING.  THE RAIN WILL CAUSE MUD AND ROCK SLIDES AND DEBRIS 

FLOWS OVER THE FIRE AREAS. THE SNOW LEVELS ARE NEAR 5500 FEET AND 

ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO AROUND 4500 FEET TONIGHT. THE LOWERING SNOW 

LEVELS WILL INCREASE THE COVERAGE OF THE FREDS FIRE THAT WILL 

RECEIVE SNOW...THUS DECREASING THE THREAT OF MUD AND ROCK SLIDES AND 

DEBRIS FLOWS. ON THE POWER FIRE BURN AREA...THE THREAT OF MUDSLIDES 

IS DIMINISHING SINCE RAIN HAS TURNED TO SNOW.  HOWEVER...WATER WILL 

CONTINUE TO DRAIN FROM THE SOIL FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. 



RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE AREA AFFECTED BY THE FREDS AND POWER 

WILDFIRES...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KYBURZ AND SILVER FORK AND 

THE AREAS AROUND SALT SPRINGS RESERVOIR...ARE ADVISED TO MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND AWAY FROM DEBRIS AND THE FIRE AREA. MOTORISTS ALONG 

HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN KYBURZ AND SILVER FORK OR ON OTHER ROADS NEAR 

THESE BURN AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF MUD AND 

ROCK SLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS. 





LAT...LON 3878 12033 3852 12024 3856 12010 3880 12018



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