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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
855 AM PST WED FEB 21 2024
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SONOMA CA-
855 AM PST WED FEB 21 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, SONOMA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 900 PM PST WEDNESDAY.
* 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. EXPECT MANY AREAS OF SLOW MOVING OR STANDING WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 852 AM PST, GAUGES CONTINUE TO INDICATE HIGH WATER LEVELS
ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING IN THE WARNED
AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SANTA ROSA, ROHNERT PARK, SEBASTOPOL, COTATI, SOUTH SANTA
ROSA CDP, FORESTVILLE AND GRATON.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
LAT...LON 3846 12293 3848 12295 3850 12285 3834 12272
3833 12280
RGASS
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