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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1025 AM PST SUN DEC 28 2008
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1025 AM PST SUN DEC 28 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  DEL NORTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA...
  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA...
* UNTIL 1000 PM PST SUNDAY
* AT 957 AM PST 3 TO 4 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS WERE OBSERVED AT 
CRESCENT CITY...WITH OVER 7 INCHES OF RAIN AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS 
OF DEL NORTE COUNTY. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN 
MANY LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE GOLDEN BEAR RV PARK 
ALONG HIGHWAY 101 NEAR KLAMATH. FLOODING DUE TO DEBRIS BLOCKAGE HAS 
OCCURRED THERE AND IS LIKELY TO OCCUR IN OTHER LOCATIONS AS THIS IS 
THE FIRST HEAVY RAIN EVENT OF THE SEASON. IN ADDITION...BLOCKAGE OF 
DRAINS AND RAPID PONDING OF WATER IS LIKELY TO CREATE SIGNIFICANT 
IMPACTS IN URBAN AREAS. WIDESPREAD PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING 
AREAS ACROSS THE COUNTY IS CERTAIN. 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
SMITH BASIN...WITH UP TO 3 INCHES IN THE LOWER KLAMATH BASIN. THIS 
WILL MAINTAIN A FLOODING HAZARD THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 
A STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SMITH RIVER WHICH HAS GONE ABOVE 
MONITOR STAGE...AND MAY RISE TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE LATER TODAY. SEE 
SFORVSEKA FOR MORE DETAILS. 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT 
TWO FEET OF WATER TO FLOAT MOST VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4188 12360 4188 12363 4184 12365 4182 12368
      4179 12366 4168 12365 4164 12367 4161 12370
      4159 12370 4157 12367 4142 12370 4145 12403
      4192 12412 4195 12359
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