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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
441 PM PDT SAT SEP 10 2011

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

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SAN BENITO COUNTY IN WESTERN CALIFORNIA...

* UNTIL 515 PM PDT.

* AT 432 PM PDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES
  INDICATED... FROM A THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES EAST OF PINNACLES RAWS...
  OR 27 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARROYO SECO...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.

* THE STORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 25 SOUTH
OF PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT AND WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED PONDING ON THE
ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF PREVIOUSLY DRY GULCHES. OTHERWISE THE STORM
WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE SAN BENITO COUNTY.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.

RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS AS WELL AS ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND OTHER LOW
LYING SPOTS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER OR WATER
OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR CAMPERS AND HIKERS TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE
RELATIVE TO CREEKS...STREAMS...OR RIVERS WHICH CAN BECOME DANGEROUS
IN HEAVY RAINS. BE PARTICULARLY AWARE IN HILLY TERRAIN WHERE MANY LOW
WATER CROSSINGS CAN QUICKLY BECOME KILLERS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

LAT...LON 3648 12120 3652 12092 3639 12090 3636 12109

$$

LARRY