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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA

904 AM PST THU DEC 30 2004



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



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COASTAL MONTEREY COUNTY AND THE SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS BETWEEN

  CARMEL HIGHLANDS SOUTHWARD TO LUCIA. 



* UNTIL 1100 AM PST



* AT 900 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A LINE OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS COASTAL MONTEREY COUNTY BETWEEN

  CARMEL HIGHLANDS AND BIG SUR...EXTENDING INTO THE SANTA LUCIA

  MOUNTAINS. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY SOUTHWARD...

  REACHING LUCIA BY LATE MORNING. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER

  HOUR ARE LIKELY IN THIS SLOW MOVING AREA. DUE TO THE SLOW PROGRESSION 

  OF THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN...FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES ARE LIKELY 

  TO OCCUR.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CARMEL

  VALLEY VILLAGE...BIG SUR...AND LUCIA. SECTIONS OF LOS PADRES

  NATIONAL FOREST ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA BY MIDDAY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



LAT...LON 3658 12179 3603 12257 3595 12237 3630 12159



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