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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
851 AM PST THU FEB 13 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN CALIFORNIA...
CARMEL RIVER AT ROBLES DEL RIO AFFECTING MONTEREY COUNTY.
.CURRENT FORECAST INDICATES THE CARMEL RIVER WILL RISE TO 8.5 FEET
THIS AFTERNOON. FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FT. WHILE THE RIVER IS CURRENTLY
FORECAST TO REACH THE LOW END OF MINOR FLOOD STAGE, NOW IS THE TIME
TO PREPARE IN THE EVENT WE RECEIVE MORE RAIN THAN EXPECTED OR A
CONVECTIVE STORM CELL SETS UP OVER THE VALLEY AND BRINGS ADDITIONAL
RAIN NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE CURRENT PROJECTION.
FOR THE CARMEL RIVER...INCLUDING ROBLES DEL RIO...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 600 PM PST.
CAC053-140200-
/O.NEW.KMTR.FL.W.0004.250213T2000Z-250214T0200Z/
/RDRC1.1.ER.250213T2100Z.250213T2100Z.250213T2100Z.NO/
851 AM PST THU FEB 13 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CARMEL RIVER AT ROBLES DEL RIO.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.5 FEET, MONITOR STAGE. WATER LEVELS ARE ROUGHLY 1
FOOT BELOW PRIMARY BREAKOUT LOCATIONS NEAR CAMP STEFFANI, PASO
HONDO, AND DAMPIERRE PARK.
AT 8.5 FEET, LOW LYING HOMES FROM CAMP STEFFANI TO BELOW ROBLES
DEL RIO WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD. OLD ODELLO RANCH NEAR CARMEL BEGINS
TO FLOOD. HOMES ALONG PASO HONDO AND DAMPIERRE PARK SUBJECT TO
FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:15 AM PST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 8.5
FEET THIS AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
8.1 FEET ON 02/14/2019.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3656 12193 3652 12176 3640 12154 3637 12167
3649 12179 3652 12193
CW
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