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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
635 AM PST THU FEB 13 2025
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SONOMA CA-
635 AM PST THU FEB 13 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM PST THIS MORNING
* WHAT...URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SONOMA COUNTY.
* WHEN...UNTIL 930 AM PST.
* 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. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE WATER FROM THESE
STORMS TO WORK THROUGH LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 625 AM PST, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WINDSOR, SEBASTOPOL, COTATI, LARKFIELD-WIKIUP, FORESTVILLE
AND GRATON.
- AFFECTED STREAMS INCLUDE THE MARK WEST CREEK, GREEN VALLEY
CREEK, SANTA ROSA CREEK, LAGUNA DE SANTA ROSA, AND COLGAN
CREEK.
- 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.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3856 12280 3850 12273 3845 12278 3837 12272
3837 12271 3832 12269 3832 12270 3836 12278
3839 12281 3841 12282 3843 12285 3843 12287
3848 12292 3851 12293 3851 12290 3852 12288
3852 12287 3858 12287 3858 12284
CW
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