965  
WGUS46 KMTR 222237  
FLWMTR  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA  
337 PM PDT WED MAR 22 2023  
 
.DUE TO THE CONTINUED RAIN OVER THE GAUGE, THE FLOOD WARNING WAS  
EXTENDED AN ADDITIONAL 90 MINUTES.  
 
CAC069-085-230000-  
/O.EXT.KMTR.FA.W.0056.000000T0000Z-230323T0000Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
SAN BENITO CA-SANTA CLARA CA-  
337 PM PDT WED MAR 22 2023  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL  
CONTINUES.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA,  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, SAN  
BENITO. IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, SANTA CLARA.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 500 PM PDT.  
 
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING  
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS  
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.  
LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE  
PASSABLE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 337 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES  
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO  
BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.2 AND 0.5 INCHES  
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.  
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.1 TO 0.2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE  
IN THE WARNED AREA.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
GILROY AND HOLLISTER.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3693 12157 3694 12160 3695 12162 3699 12165  
3700 12158 3699 12136 3698 12125 3695 12124  
3687 12128 3687 12137 3687 12149 3688 12155  
 
 
 
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